From f913082994ffe9246fdd9ecb5ec55b7f3bb6af41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 11:03:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document problems with insufficient number of colors on X. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index cc635fbe28f..2f7f1b1fc5b 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 -- 2.39.2