On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:09:10 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 07:11:35 -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:52:20 +0200
> > Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 19:34:16 -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> > > > Debian testing.
> > > >
> > > > After doing an upgrade earlier this week, and having xorg upgraded, the
> > > > following;
> > > >
> > > > ical
> > > > Application initialization failed: this isn't a Tk applicationunknown
> > > > color name "Black"
> > > >
> > > > mrxvt
> > > > mrxvt: can't determine colour: Black
> > > > mrxvt: can't determine colour: Black
> > > > mrxvt: aborting
> > > >
> > > > emacs
> > > > Undefined color: "black"
> > > >
> > > > WindowMaker
> > > > which I assume has a similar error
> > >
> > > Do you have /etc/X11/rgb.txt and a symlink to it in /usr/share/X11/? Is
> > > this file readable for normal users?
> >
> > /etc/X11/rgb.txt is a real file not a symlink. /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt
> > is the symlink.
>
> That is what I meant; maybe I did not make myself clear.
Not sure. "I" read it the other way around. That's why I pointed out
both things just to be safe. :-)
> >
> > ls -la /etc/X11/rgb.txt
> > -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 17371 2006-01-14 17:27 /etc/X11/rgb.txt
>
> $ ls -la /etc/X11/rgb.txt
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17371 2004-04-28 20:19 /etc/X11/rgb.txt
>
> Seems like it is the same file on your system. Just to be sure, check if
> it actually contains a definition for "black":
>
> $ grep black /etc/X11/rgb.txt
> 0 0 0 black
grep black /etc/X11/rgb.txt
0 0 0 black
> > ls -la /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2006-06-03 07:21 /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt ->
> > /etc/X11/rgb.txt
> >
> > In this situation;
> >
> > emacs
> > Undefined color: "black"
> >
> > Not working
>
> Maybe your xorg.conf still points to the old location at
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt. You can check this with "grep -i rgb
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf". If that comes up empty you could try to explicitly
> specify the correct RGBPath yourself; see "man xorg.conf".
>
> --
> Regards,
> Florian
grep -i rgb /etc/X11/xorg.conf
RgbPath "/etc/X11/rgb.txt"
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