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Re: Wave under X11R4 [message #213 is a reply to message #212] Thu, 13 February 1992 13:18 Go to previous message
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In article <PH.92Feb13101317@vortex.ama.caltech.edu> ph@vortex.ama.caltech.edu (Paul Hardy) writes:
>
> run, upon exiting X-windows, color Sparcstations do not display any characters
> on the screen, either for input or output, but commands are accepted and
> executed. Somehow the tty or video is left in a strange state if PV-Wave
> runs. Has anyone else experienced this, and know of a workaround to reset
> the video/keyboard upon exiting X?

I have experienced this. What is happening is that Wave is changing the
colormap for the Sparc. The base Wave color table (B/W Linear) causes plots
to be white lines on a black background. Unfortunately, this translates to
white letters on a white background once you exit X.

Doing a "clear_colormap" command, or reinvoking X will fix it. Alternatively,
the last thing you can do before exiting Wave is to load a color table where
the top value is black. The "prism" color table, number 6 I think, will do.

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