d.mon and colors

GRASS GRASS user
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Hello !

I'm using Grass5b7 binaries on SuSE 6.3.
When starting a monitor with d.mon I get weird colors on my entire
screen whenever the monitor is the active window. I tried giving different
values for nlev but for any value I give I always get the same message:

using default visual which is PseudoColor
ncolors: 256
Graphics driver [x0] started

What do I need to do ?

Thanks,

Moritz

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Moritz Lennert wrote:

Hello !

I'm using Grass5b7 binaries on SuSE 6.3.
When starting a monitor with d.mon I get weird colors on my entire
screen whenever the monitor is the active window. I tried giving different
values for nlev but for any value I give I always get the same message:

using default visual which is PseudoColor
ncolors: 256
Graphics driver [x0] started

What do I need to do ?

Thanks,

Moritz

GRASS is greedy for colors, so greedy that it often won't run under
enlightenment, gnome, KDE, or along with other open applications. As a
short term fix for this need GRASS uses a private colormap. This will
appear as an animated palette, when your mouse enters the monitor
window the palette changes so the colors in the window are correct.
When your mouse leaves the window the palette changes so the colors
outside of the window are correct.

If you change your display depth in /etc/X11/XF86Config
(or use Xconfigurator) to 16 or 24 or 32 depth the symptom (changing
colors) will go away.

Otherwise hang in there, eventually you will be able to choose
fewer colors in favor of a non animated palette.

C.

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Moritz Lennert wrote:

Hello !

I'm using Grass5b7 binaries on SuSE 6.3.
When starting a monitor with d.mon I get weird colors on my entire
screen whenever the monitor is the active window. I tried giving different
values for nlev but for any value I give I always get the same message:

using default visual which is PseudoColor
ncolors: 256
Graphics driver [x0] started

What do I need to do ?

Thanks,

Moritz

Seems like you either have little video memory, your color deph is not set
right (not enogh colors) or a general video configuration problem.
Are you using an SiS (motherboard 748) with integrated video?

Regards,
Alejandro Imass