GEMPAK on RedHat 7.3?

All,

Has anyone been able to successfully run GEMPAK under RedHat 7.3?

I had it working just fine under RedHat 7.1 using an 8 bit display
with fvwm2 on display :1.

Now, after upgrading  to 7.3, the same setup no longer works. It 
seems as though something is allocating a ton of colors as read-only 
and leaving very few as read-write, and I can't figure out what it is.

The window managers sometimes even complain about not being able to 
allocate colors.

Any ideas at all or other things to try? 

I strongly suspect it is something about XFree86 4.2 but I don't
know where to begin to look.

Thanks,

Pete


Some output from ntl, freeColors and xdpyinfo:



with twm 

[poker@sysadm]$ ntl
Resource File:  /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.6/resource/Ntop
graphic, satellite, radar -- 33 48 16
         Request total # of colors = 97
         Current available system colors = 2



[poker@sysadm]$ freeColors


                        CURRENTLY YOUR SYSTEM HAS:
                ========================================
                    256 total color cells.
                    6 free  color cells.
                    250 shared read-only color cells.
                    0 private writeable color cells.
                ========================================



[poker@sysadm xsm]$ xdpyinfo
name of display:    :1.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    The XFree86 Project, Inc
vendor release number:    40200000
XFree86 version: 4.2.0
maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    7
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0x60000e, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions:    26
    BIG-REQUESTS
    DPMS
    Extended-Visual-Information
    FontCache
    GLX
    LBX
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RECORD
    RENDER
    SECURITY
    SGI-GLX
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    TOG-CUP
    XC-APPGROUP
    XC-MISC
    XFree86-Bigfont
    XFree86-DGA
    XFree86-Misc
    XFree86-VidModeExtension
    XInputExtension
    XKEYBOARD
    XTEST
    XVideo
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (361x292 millimeters)
  resolution:    90x89 dots per inch
  depths (7):    8, 1, 4, 15, 16, 24, 32
  root window id:    0x49
  depth of root window:    8 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 1
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
  largest cursor:    64x64
  current input event mask:    0xd0001d
    KeyPressMask             ButtonPressMask          ButtonReleaseMask     
    EnterWindowMask          SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask       
    ColormapChangeMask       
  number of visuals:    8
  default visual id:  0x27
  visual:
    visual id:    0x27
    class:    PseudoColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x28
    class:    GrayScale
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x29
    class:    StaticColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2a
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2b
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2c
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2d
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2e
    class:    StaticGray
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits



with fvwm2:

[poker@sysadm ~]$ ntl
Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "grey75"
Resource File:  /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.6/resource/Ntop
Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background.
graphic, satellite, radar -- 33 48 16
         Request total # of colors = 97
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for 
operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  86 (X_AllocColorCells)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  339
  Current serial number in output stream:  339


[poker@sysadm ~]$ freeColors 


                        CURRENTLY YOUR SYSTEM HAS:
                ========================================
                    256 total color cells.
                    0 free  color cells.
                    256 shared read-only color cells.
                    0 private writeable color cells.
                ========================================


[poker@sysadm ~]$ xdpyinfo
name of display:    :1.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    The XFree86 Project, Inc
vendor release number:    40200000
XFree86 version: 4.2.0
maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    7
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0x140000e, revert to Parent
number of extensions:    26
    BIG-REQUESTS
    DPMS
    Extended-Visual-Information
    FontCache
    GLX
    LBX
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RECORD
    RENDER
    SECURITY
    SGI-GLX
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    TOG-CUP
    XC-APPGROUP
    XC-MISC
    XFree86-Bigfont
    XFree86-DGA
    XFree86-Misc
    XFree86-VidModeExtension
    XInputExtension
    XKEYBOARD
    XTEST
    XVideo
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (361x292 millimeters)
  resolution:    90x89 dots per inch
  depths (7):    8, 1, 4, 15, 16, 24, 32
  root window id:    0x49
  depth of root window:    8 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 1
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
  largest cursor:    64x64
  current input event mask:    0xd83f3d
    KeyPressMask             ButtonPressMask          ButtonReleaseMask        
    EnterWindowMask          LeaveWindowMask          Button1MotionMask        
    Button2MotionMask        Button3MotionMask        Button4MotionMask        
    Button5MotionMask        ButtonMotionMask         SubstructureNotifyMask   
    SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask       ColormapChangeMask       
  number of visuals:    8
  default visual id:  0x27
  visual:
    visual id:    0x27
    class:    PseudoColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x28
    class:    GrayScale
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x29
    class:    StaticColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2a
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2b
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2c
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2d
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0x7, 0x38, 0xc0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x2e
    class:    StaticGray
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits




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