Re: Color problem

Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Tue, 02 Jun 1998 17:56:13 +0200


Tadeusz Pytlos wrote:
>
> Hello Rooters,
> I'm working on RH5 wit ROOT 2.00/07 (for RH5). When I interrupt
> my any macro (Ctrl+C) and go out ROOT, my typing commands in terminal
> become black and I can't see them. It is rather annoing.
> Pehaps the reason is linking with the notice
> [pytlos@fizwe5 test2]$ root
> Error in <TGClient::GetColorByName>: couldn't parse color #000080"
> *******************************************
> * *
> * W E L C O M E to R O O T *
> * *
> * Version 2.00/07 19 May 1998 *
> * *
> * You are welcome to visit our Web site *
> * http://root.cern.ch *
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> *******************************************
> How solve the problem?
> Thank uyou in advance
> Tadeusz

I assume that you are working with a black background!
If you interupt a macro while X is active, you may get problems
with your xterm. Try typing the shell script command
stty sane
This should restore your environment.

Rene Brun