Re: Q: Problem with color

Andrew Sullivan (ajsulliv@sprint.ca)
Thu, 28 May 1998 14:04:34 -0400 (EDT) 

On Thu, 28 May 1998, Dmitry B. Tsvetkov wrote:

>    I  have the next problem. I can't start many afterstep applications
>    getting message "not enough free color cells". What can I do?
>    Thanks.

Hi Dmitry,

You're running out of colours.  Check the FAQ on this question for a
detailed description; but basically, the issue is that you only have so
many possible colours available (probably you're running 8-bit, so you've
only 256 colours available), and you have icons, &c., which want more than
those 256 colours.  You can either use fewer colours in your icons, or you
can increase the colourdepth that you use for X.

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