From 80bd980bcb3b35aba49561584a54af0818a54da9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 11:07:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document problems with insufficient colors on X. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index ed12e915403..307e03ac87e 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -246,6 +246,22 @@ All modern systems support terminfo, so even if ncurses is not the problem, you should look for a way to configure Emacs so that it uses terminfo when built. +* Error messages about undefined colors on X. + +The messages might say something like this: + + Unable to load color "grey95" + +(typically, in the `*Messages*' buffer), or something like this: + + Error while displaying tooltip: (error Undefined color lightyellow) + +These problems could happen if some other X program has used up too +many colors of the X palette, leaving Emacs with insufficient system +resources to load all the colors it needs. + +A solution is to exit the offending X programs before starting Emacs. + * Colors are not available on a tty or in xterm. Emacs 21 supports colors on character terminals and terminal -- 2.39.5