Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> Michael R Zucca wrote:
> >
> > I've loaded up a color test kernel and it seems to respond OK to some test
> > programs (a few bugs here and there) but I'd also like to run color X
> > for some more thorough testing before I release anything.
> >
> > Anyway, I've got a color X server that I put into the X distribution on
> > ftp.macbsd.com. But when I try to run it I get an error stating that
> > it can't find the color database. So I copied an rgb.txt from my linux box
> > to my lib/X11 directory but X still can't seem to locate the color database
> > (strangely, showrgb will show the contents of the rgb.txt file).
> >
> > What do I need to do to fire up X in color.
> 
> I'm pretty sure you need the actual db files, not the text file that's
> used to generate them.  Try getting a copy of rgb.dir and rgb.pag instead.
> 
> I hope this helps.

I found this problem some time back - I ended up stealing the rgb.dir
and rgb.pag files from an RS/6000 or Digital Unix machine, from memory
:-)

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