cannot allocate colors

[Edscott Wilson García]

On Vie 03 May 2002 04:01, Davide Cavallari wrote:
> 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.

It seems that the color map for the X display is insufficient. I believe you 
need at least 16 colors for the panel (or maybe 256). Check the depth field 
of your XF86Config file. 2**depth=#of colors.

Edscott