cannot allocate colors

[Davide Cavallari]

I am  trying xfce  on a linux  system compiled from  sources. When  I call
'startx',  xfce starts  but  I  get the  message  "Error: Cannot  allocate
colors". The panel is  not loaded and the desktop is  black, but the menus
are allright.

What does this message mean? I can't understand if it's an xserver problem
or it depends from xfce.
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    Davide Cavallari                
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