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Antelope FAQ |
| Question |
| Dbpick occassionally uses funky colors, why does it do this and how do I go back to my normal colors? I am using a mac for my display but have ssh'd to a Unix host where the database resides. |
| Answer |
| See the graphic below ( This tends to happen on a mac after you have changed your display settings. In particular, if you have launched an older OS 9.X session and then returned to your X11 session, you can see weird things happen with the color. I think this is independent of whether you are using a local database, or have ssh'd to access one remotely. To fix the colors, you need to go to your display settings and force your mac to use 'millions' of colors rather than 'thousands'. I have seen macs get 'stuck' and refuse to change back to the 'millions' mode. Make sure your OS 9.X program is not running and that you have killed the Classic operating system. Sometimes you may need to quit and restart your X session. You may have to reboot your computer. The main thing is that you must check to make sure you are using 'millions' of colors. By the way, if you dislike the default colors of yellow on blue, add some color to your life by modifying your default .dbpickrc file, normally found in $HOME/.dbpickrc. Make a change by adding lines to the top of the file such as: dbpick.foreground: 147 0.25 1.0 dbpick.background: 240.0 0.05 1.0 Restart dbpick on your favorite database. Wow! What a different combination, eh? |
| J. Eakins 10 Jul 2007 |
| FAQ Co-op Coordinator Daniel M. Quinlan |