[aferen@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew C. Feren)]

Scott Fringer <fringsm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Andrew,
>   Thanks for the pointers; I'd hope on this box I don't need to upgrade
> the video card... it's a Sun Ultra 10 with a Creator 3D card; I'd think it
> has enough memory to support the color palettes needed by the apps I run

I originally saw this color problem on an Ultra 10 and stopped seeing
it when I got a SunBlade 100.  Here is my before and after video card
configuration.

--Ultra 10--

Onboard: mach 64 (2mb RAM)

Add-on: Creator 3D Lite

--Sun Blade 100--

Onboard: mach 64 (4mb RAM)


In the process of putting this email together I remembered one other
change I made at the same time.  When I got the SunBlade 100 I also
installed Gnome 1.4 which required 24-bit color.  I had to run a
config program to enable this.  Perhaps if you are not currently using
24-bit color doing so would resolve the problem.

from http://www.sun.com/software/star/gnome/install.html:

To find out which graphics cards you have installed, issue the
following command from a terminal window:

        /usr/sbin/fbconfig -list 

If you have a Sun Ultra or Sun Blade system with one of the following
graphics cards, you must change the default color depth to 24-bit true
color with the appropriate command:

Card                  Indicated by	    Command (must be superuser)
-------------------   ---------------       ------------------------------
Sun Creator3D (old)   SUNWffb_config [2]    ffbconfig -deflinear true
Sun Creator3D (new)   SUNWffb_config        ffbconfig -deflinear true -g 1.1
Sun Elite3D           SUNWafb_config        afbconfig -deflinear true -g 1.1
Sun Expert3D          SUNWifb_config        fbconfig -deflinear true -g 1.1
PGX32                 TSIgfxp_config        pgxconfig -res 1280x1024 -depth 24
Mach_64		      SUNWm64_config	    m64config -res 1152x900 -depth 24 
                                            If this command returns an error try:
                                                m64config -res 800x600 -depth 2


> (though I do remember having palette problems with Netscape on my old IPX
> and SPARC 2).  I'll give a shot at running Ethereal prior to launching
> Netscape and see if my problem clears up.
>   As for running SPAM... yea I used to run Cabletron's SPMAs (and SPELM)
> to handle the over abundance of Cabletron gear; but as we've moved to a
> more Cisco-centric shop, SPMAs don't get used too often anymore (but
> there's still a FEW pieces of Ctron gear that occasionally needs
> 'monitoring').  Anyway, what brought that up; should I know you?  (If so,
> I apologize for drawing a blank.)
> 
> Scott
> 
> Scott Fringer                              Shands Healthcare @ U.F.
> Network Systems Analyst                        Gainesville, FL
> 
> On 20 Mar 2002, Andrew C. Feren wrote:
> 
> > Scott Fringer <fringsm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >   I loaded a capture into Ethereal this morning (running 0.9.1 under
> > > Solaris 7).  I selected the first frame of a TCP stream I wished to
> > > follow and selected Follow TCP Stream from a right-click pop-up.  I saw
> > > the brief Filtering window pop-up, and the Contents of TCP Stream window
> > > opened.  The window 'appears' blank.  But if I highlight the contents of
> > > the window, I can actually see the TCP stream.  How have I managed to
> > > get that window to display white text on a white background?  I can't
> > > find anything in the colorize options to affect that window.
> >
> > Sorry this took so long.  It doesn't look like anyone else has
> > responded so here it goes.
> >
> > I have seen this before and never fully debugged the problem.  It
> > seems to be an X or GTK problem.  What I saw was that some other
> > application (Netscape for me) was grabbing lots of colors and this
> > prevented Ethereal from getting the colors that it was trying to
> > allocate.
> >
> > I have two work arounds.
> >
> > 1) Logout.  When you log back in start Ethereal before you start
> > anything else.  If the problem disappears you either need to do a
> > fresh login everytime you need the feature or try option 2.
> >
> > 2) Upgrade your video card.  This is how I ultimately fixed the
> > problem.  Off the top of my head I don't know what I changed to/from,
> > but I can find out if you like.
> >
> > 3?) There may be a possible code fix, but I didn't see it in the short
> > time I spent poking around.
> >
> >
> > Is this the same Scott Fringer that used to (or perhaps still does)
> > run the Cabletron SPAM chart and meter apps for monitoring?
> >
> > --
> > -Andrew Feren
> >  Cetacean Networks, Inc.
> >  Portsmouth, NH
> >
> >
> 

-- 
-Andrew Feren
 Cetacean Networks, Inc.
 Portsmouth, NH