[GRASS-dev] error on gui startup - solved

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Hi all: just a summary and new twist with GRASS GUI error on Kubuntu, which was solved thanks to Markus.

On my kubuntu 9.04, the rgb.txt file was in another location than the
previous solution, but "locate" found it in
/usr/share/vim/vim72/rgb.txt I put that in the /etc/X11 directory and
rebooted and all is good.
On upgrading a system to 9.04, the file was still in /etc/X11, on a new install it was not there.

Mark

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler@osgeo.org> wrote:

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:47 PM, M S<mseibel@gmail.com> wrote:

I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 9.04. Then installed GRASS and QGIS
(and
associated dependencies with apt-get). When I launch GRASS I get the
following error(s):

bnowell@mapping:~$ grass -tcltk
Cleaning up temporary files ...
Starting GRASS ...
Error in startup script: unknown color name "black"

Please check:
[GRASS-user] Tcl/Tk gui and nviz errors
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2009-July/thread.html#51777

for a solution.

Markus

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Mark wrote:

On my kubuntu 9.04, the rgb.txt file was in another location than the
previous solution, but "locate" found it in /usr/share/vim/vim72/rgb.txt
I put that in the /etc/X11 directory and rebooted and all is good.
On upgrading a system to 9.04, the file was still in /etc/X11, on a new
install it was not there.

tip:

on debian-like distros you can run: "apt-file search rgb.txt" and it will
tell you the package to install to add the missing file.
probably there is some x11-* package containing it not installed and the
Vi copy is just one of a number of clones.

Hamish