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From:	Jim Crigler <criglerj@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: sam-9libs vs. Linux (RH 6.0) 
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--- "Jim Robinson" <jim.robinson@stanford.edu> wrote:
> > Hmmm ... I asked this on comp.editors a couple of
> weeks ago, and was
> > pointed here as a place to subscribe for real sam
> help.  Under RedHat
> > 6.0 I can run sam -d fine, but when I attempt to
> start the "gui" version,
> > samterm shows up and then disappears.  The sam
> process then dies with a
> > "broken pipe" message.
> 
> I think I responded to your post in Usenet, but in
> case
> you didn't see it: check your color depth. I found
> that
> samterm had problems with (I think) 24 bit depth.
> 
> I normally use 16, and that works fine. I think 32
> should also work.  Try running 'xwininfo' and
> clicking
> on the root window to see what depth it is running
> at.

16-bit X works, thanks.  Neither 24 nor 32 works,
however.  Is this likely to be a libXg problem or
something in samterm per se?
-- 
Another Jim

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