[daip] TV Open error

[R. Ramachandran]

ah.. sorry eric.. i should have noticed it.. it works now..
thanx so much for the help..

cheers,
ramach

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Eric Greisen wrote:

> See
>     http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/aips/aipsmgr/index.html
>
> R. Ramachandran writes:
>
>  >   XASERVERS: Start XAS on anamika, DISPLAY :0
>  >   XAS: ***********************************
>  >   XAS: **  No TrueColor found
>  >   XAS: **  Resorting to PseudoColor
>  >   XAS: ***********************************
>  >   XAS: No pseudocolor visual - No suitable visual: No such file or
>
> XAS does not work on the (Linux default) X Windows which is a 16-bit
> "TrueColor".  That color scheme only allows 31 levels for an image,
> too few for science.  You need to convert to 24/32-bit TrueColor or
> 8-bit PseudoColor.  The FAQ has near its top a discussion of this
> point.
>
> Eric
>


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