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[bickel@example.com]

Hi,

Recently I started using afterstep for my window manager and like it a lot,
except, it seems to take all my colors.  I am using a Depth of 8 8bpp and
don't seem to have this problem with fvwm or fvwm2.  But in afterstep,
I can not use any color but black and white after it is started.  For example,
I have a background color in mule.  If I start it before afterstep starts,
it starts okay.  If I start it after afterstep is running, it will not run
because it cannot allocate the color for the background.  Anytime I run any
program, I get the following type of error:

Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "green3"
Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "yellow3"
Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "blue3"
Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "magenta3"

etc, etc....

Does afterstep really take so many colors by itself?  Is there a way
I can limit how many it takes?  

Thanks,

Rob

P.S.  I think I can provide a place to put a server for TLUG if people
want.  It will require me to get another IP address, which I think only
costs me $30 for my research funds, and I don't think I'll miss that.
Also, I'll have to make sure it is not a big problem to run a private
server, on the schools network.  I think if I just ask a few key people
it will be okay as long as I don't broadcast this information to a more
general audience.  Finally, I can do maintenance work, but someone else 
will have to set it up.  Recently, I just don't have the time to do that
myself.  If you do decide to set it up here, it will be in Higashi-Koganei
about a 35-40 minute train ride and walk from Shinjuku.  Not too bad I
think.  Let me know what you think.  We can discuss it at the next
dinner meeting.

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Robert Bickel, Lecturer
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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