[comp.sys.sun] Sunview Color Strangeness

duane@ginosko.samsung.com (08/04/89)

We just finished upgrading our Sun network from 4.0/4.0.1 to 4.0.3, and
something strange has happened to my color 3/60 in sunview.

It seems that the first shelltool I spawn will not accept the color
specification I give with "-Wf <r> <g> <b>". As long as that window (in
black) is up, all other windows work just fine in the right colors.  If I
kill it, the *next* window I start in color shows up black.

Has anyone else noticed this strangeness in 4.0.3? It isn't a problem, but
is a minor annoyance. Such annoyances rankle me, especially since our Sun
rep told us to go to 4.0.3 to "get all those lovely bug fixes".


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Kemp@dockmaster.ncsc.mil (Dave Kemp) (08/22/89)

The problem with the first frame opened ignoring it's color arguments is
not new with 4.0.3; it has happened on our 3/60's running 4.0.1, and
probably 4.0.  It's annoying as hell because the symptom is quite
repeatable for a while, and then it goes away.  In my case, it disappeared
for months, and then started again a few weeks after upgrading to 4.0.3!
Now that someone else has seen it, I guess it's time to file a bug report.

   Dave Kemp <Kemp@dockmaster.ncsc.mil>

kathryn@sunkist.west.sun.com (Kathryn Fielding) (09/22/89)

> 
> It seems that the first shelltool I spawn will not accept the color
> specification I give with "-Wf <r> <g> <b>". As long as that window (in
> black) is up, all other windows work just fine in the right colors.  If I
>

I guess that we're unusually lucky. We have some 3.5 machines that also
experience the same problem. If anyone gets a patch to make this stop in
4.0.3, please let me know.

-Kathryn

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