vnc4server needs rgb.txt

[Vadim Gutnik]

Binary package hint: vnc4server

I just installed 8.10 from CD and updated all the packages, and ran vnc4server.
It starts, but the every application complains about not being able to find any colors -- not
"black" or "white" or "blue" or .. anything. (Try "xterm -bg blue" or "xsertoot -solid black".)

I could start things in color by specifying the color by, say, rgb values: "xterm -bg rgbi:.1/.1/.3"

The only rgb.txt I have (well, had) is /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt, which seem to be installed by x11-common,
but that's just a link to /etc/X11/rgb.txt, which doesn't exist.

I copied in a version of rgb.txt from another OS into /etc/X11/rgb.txt, and the problem went away.

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$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

$ apt-cache policy vnc4server
vnc4server:
  Installed: 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu7
  Candidate: 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu7
  Version table:
 *** 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu7 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache policy x11-common
x11-common:
  Installed: 1:7.4~5ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:7.4~5ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.4~5ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: vnc4server 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu7
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/shared2/zeland/zel64_14.193_v2:.:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/etc:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/X11R6/lib:/home/username/workspace/512_support/bin:/shared2/syncsupport/cad_support/bin:/usr/cds/MMSIM701.8/tools/bin:/usr/cds/MMSIM701.8/tools/vpcm/bin:/usr/cds/IC5141USR4:/usr/cds/IC5141USR4/tools/bin:/usr/cds/IC5141USR4/tools/dfII/bin:/usr/cds/SOC33/tools/bin:/usr/cds/SOC33/tools/dfII/bin:/usr/cds/LDV51/tools/bin:/usr/cds/LDV51/tools/dfII/bin:/usr/cds/SOC62/tools/bin:/usr/xds/GoldenGate-4-2-0/bin:/usr/ads/ads2006a/bin:/usr/sonnet/sonet11.02/bin:/usr/mgc/ixl_cal_2008.2_33.26/bin:/usr/mgc/modelsim/6.2d/questasim/linux:/usr/snp/V-2004.06-SP2/linux/syn/bin:/usr/snp/sold:/shared/designkits/digital/tsmc13g_fb/aci/rodsh/bin:/shared/designkits/digital/tsmc13g_fb/aci/aci/ra1sh/bin:/shared/designkits/digital/tsmc13g_fb/aci/ra2sh/bin:/shared/designkits/digital/tsmc13g_fb/aci/rf2sh/bin:/shared/designkits/digital/tsmc13g_fb/aci/rf1shd/bin:/usr/sync/5.0/syncinc/bin:/usr/bda/bda_root/bin:/shared/hyperplot/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vnc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686

[Scott Moser (smoser)]

I can confirm this bug, and the fix. I found a /etc/X11/rgb.txt file from hardy and put it on my system. now 'xsetroot -solid darkblue' works fine.