Running Solaris apps on Linux

[Rick Stevens]

Marco Aurelio Torino Ribeiro wrote:
> I tried:
> 
> setenv DISPLAY :1
> X -depth 8
> 
> And then, I got the following message:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
>         If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
>         and start again.
> 
> What did (or didn't) I do wrong?

Type it in EXACTLY as shown:

	setenv DISPLAY=:1
	X -- -depth 8
	startkde

You forgot the "=" in "DISPLAY=:1".

> On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 21:42, Kevin Krieser wrote:
> 
>> /You probably need to change your X configuration to use a screen 
>> depth of 8 bit color, where pseudo-colors is used.//
>>  
>> For an individual application, you can startup a new X screen if 
>> needed.  I did the following:
>> export DISPLAY=:1
>> X -- -depth 8
>> startkde
>>  
>> then I could change to virtual terminal 8. /
>>
>>     / -----Original Message-----
>>     *From:* fedora-list-admin at redhat.com
>>     [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]*On Behalf Of *Marco Aurelio
>>     Torino Ribeiro
>>     *Sent:* Monday, December 08, 2003 1:26 PM
>>     *To:* Fedora-List
>>     *Subject:* Running Solaris apps on Linux
>>
>>
>>     Hi, Folks!
>>
>>
>>         I know this may be a little off-topic, but I am trying to run
>>     some Solaris apps on a Linux workstation, and the colors are
>>     displayed incorrectle in some of them.
>>
>>         When I run the same apps from Windows PCs (using a program
>>     called X-Win, to "emulate" an X-Server in Windows), I have to
>>     check an option called "pseudo-colors" so that the colors display
>>     correctly.
>>
>>         Does anybody know where can I configure Linux to fix that?
>>     I've already tried to recompile the kernel and to change some
>>     options of XFree86, but none of these succeeded.
>>
>>         If anyone has already ran into this problem and could help me,
>>     I would be very grateful.
>>     /
>>
> 
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> *Marco Aurélio Torino Ribeiro*
> _marco.torino at ig.com.br_ <mailto:marco.torino at ig.com.br>_
> marco.torino at directnet.com.br <mailto:marco.torino at directnet.com.br>_
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