On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:08:15 +0100
Gerhard Zintel <gerhard.zintel@...> wrote:

> On Monday 16 March 2015, Joesy wrote:
> > I am bringing up 2 brand spanking new desktops PCs with Ubuntu 14.04.2
> > and TDE 14.0.0 -- using the live CD from the Trinity web site.
> >
> > jonesy@nix6: $ display
> > /opt/trinity/share/apps/amarok/images/amarok_rocks.jpg display.im6:
> > color is not known to server `FOREGROUND': No such file or directory @
> > error/xwindow.c/XGetPixelPacket/3064.
> > jonesy@nix6: $
> >
> > A web search on "display.im6: color is not known to server" pulls
> > up _only_ two references to the error message, and one of them
> > is :
> > 	From: Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright@...>
> > 	Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:54:28 -0500
> > 	Subject:   Imagemagick error
> >
> > ...at http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::5517  (!!!) which
> > describes _my_ problem exactly.  That was 1 1/2 years ago.
> >
> > Only I do not see that he ever got a reply, nor do I see any fix or
> > work-around for the problem.
> >
> > If I shorten up the search for just "color is not known to server", I
> > see a lot more hits for what seems to be the same problem.  But, still,
> > I see no fixes or work-arounds (yet).
> >
> > I use `display` A LOT in desktop objects and I really need this fixed or
> > circumvented.
> >
> "display" shows amarok_rocks.jpg here without problems (R14.0.0). There
> has to be a difference in settings. Just a shot into the dark: Can you
> have a look in 
> Settings>Appearance&Themes>Colors
> if you have checked or un-checked "Apply colors to non-TDE applications"?
> Mine is un-checked.
> 

Yes this is caused by this setting but it should not. It seems
that  /opt/trinity/share/apps/tdedisplay/app-defaults is sourced to xrdb
without replacing color definitions with actual values which should be taken
from tde color schemes.

-- 
  Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@...)