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PRB: Correcting Dialog Boxes That Turn Pink and Green
Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
Article ID: Q167434
The information in this article applies to:
  • Softimage 3D for IRIX, version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you use the scroll bar while the Show Icon is on, browser windows may become pink and green.

CAUSE

This is a known problem that occurs only when running SOFTIMAGE 3D on O2 systems.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this from occurring, complete the following steps:

  1. From a UNIX shell, enter the command: xscreen.

  2. Set the frame buffer to "32+32."

This anomaly should no longer occur.

REFERENCES

If you have any questions concerning the information contained in this article, contact support@softimage.com by e-mail.

CONTENTNUM: 167433 CONTENTTYPE: KB TITLE: PRB: Error Message: "You are running in a non-true-color display" PRODUCT: 3D PRIORITY: SECURITY: PUBLIC AUTHOR: joannmu EDITOR: pjriker EDITSTATUS: Released TECH: pjriker TECHSTATUS: Approved EXPIREDATE: Dec 31 1999 12:00 AM MESSAGE: KEYWORD: kberrmsg kbgraphic kbsetup kbtshoot si si3d si3dsetup ADDREF: kbDSupport QUESTION: PRODVERNUM: 3.51 COMPONENT: TECHNOLOGY: LINKS: RAIDDB: RAIDBUG: INCIDENT: SWEEPDATE: SWEEPSTATUS: SOLUTIONTYPE: PROBLEMTYPE: PLATFORM: NT WINDOWS HARDWARE: BOILERPLATE: prodapp PRODUCEDVIEW: kbprb TEXT: The information in this article applies to:

  • Softimage 3D for Windows NT, version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

The following error message appears when you try to execute SOFTIMAGE 3D, showpic, or flipbook on NT 4.0: 

   "Error Message-You appear to be running in a non-true-color
    display mode."

CAUSE

SOFTIMAGE 3D for Windows NT can only run in true-color modes.

RESOLUTION

You must copy the gl4emult.dll file to the SI_LOCATION\3D\bin location. A gl4emults.zip file is located on the Softimage ftp/incoming site. It contains all three CPUs (Alpha, Intel, and MIPS) of the dll.

REFERENCES

If you have any questions concerning the information contained in this article, contact support@softimage.com by e-mail.

Keywords : kbgraphic kbtshoot si si3d si3dhard si3dui kbprb
Version : 3.51
Platform : IRIX
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
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