clear color map on Solaris 2.3
Two answers came in to me:
1) Steve Aldous writes:
Just ftp the clear_colormap from a 4.x machine. this will work but is not
the "correct solution".
2) Andy Feldt writes:
You need patch 101362-06. It has cleared up the problem for me.
I tried the second solution and so far so good!
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Orginal Question:
> Fromsun-managers-relay@ra.mcs.anl.gov Tue Feb 22 01:23 GMT 1994
> From:rwh@atmos.albany.edu (Ronald W. Henderson)
> Subject: clearing console color map on Solaris 2.3
> To:sun-managers@eecs.nwu.edu
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 21:21:40 +0000 (GMT)
>
> Sun-managers:
>
> Does any one out there know how to clear the console color map on a
> Solaris 2.3 machine. Under Solaris 1.x one could use the "clear_colormap"
> commmand to do the trick.
>
> Sometimes when one exits openwindows and is back into the console mode or
> tty mode on a color display the color map is not restored. I have seen
> light purple on a white background. Sometimes white on a white background.
>
> I know that restarting openwindows and then exiting will clear up the problem.
> I would like to know if you can execute a command like the Solaris 1.x
> "clear_colormap" exists in solaris 2.x. Thanks!
