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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news2.digex.net!news6.digex.net!interval.net!jeanluc.quadralay.com!arlut.utexas.edu!usenet From: Ian Fink <fink@arlut.utexas.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Netscape in BSDi 2.1 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:05:17 -0500 Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 25 Message-ID: <339D7B3D.6D9E@arlut.utexas.edu> References: <339C08BB.6FB9@theboro.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mamba.arlut.utexas.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) To: mjrose@theboro.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6984 Mike Rose wrote: > > My colleague decided to upgrade the Netscape Navigator software that > came with our BSDi 2.1 system. When that attemp failed, he put it back > "the way it was". Only now, when you start Navigator in X-windows the > colors in the focus window are fine, but the colors in the other open > windows turn to a psycho combination of bright yellows, reds, black, > etc. > > I didn't think much at the time, as we were planning to upgrade to BSDi > 3.0, which has a different Navigator version included and that upgrade > would surely return it to normal. It didn't. > > The colors in other X apps are normal. Any suggestions on where / how > to change these back? My eyesight thanks you. > > Mike If you are using Accelerated-X, then run Xsetup and increase the number of colors available. Also, make sure you have the correct path to rgb.txt for the Netscape preferences and X. Ian Fink