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mbender

Member

Registered: 2008-07-13

Posts: 19

gitk not working since last update

Hi fellows,

I tried to run gitk after the last update but it's not starting. I am getting the following message:

$ gitk
Application initialization failed: unknown color name "BACKGROUND"
Error in startup script: can't invoke "image" command:  application has been destroyed
    while executing
"image create bitmap tri-rt -background black -foreground blue -data {
    #define tri-rt_width 13
    #define tri-rt_height 13
    static unsigned cha..."
    (file "/usr/bin/gitk" line 2961)

I am providing some programs including version as I am not sure which data I can provide to help.

git: 1.6.5.2-1
curl: 7.19.6-2
expat: 2.0.1-2
perl-error: 0.17015-1
perl: 5.10.1-5
tk: 8.5.7-1

If additional information is needed just tell me which and I'll provide it.

Greetings
mbender

Leo Borealis

Member

From: RU

Registered: 2009-07-24

Posts: 4

Re: gitk not working since last update

Looks like new xorg-server package problem.

Workaround:

Create ~/.Xresources plain text file with content:

*.background: gray75

then
$xrdb -load ~/.Xresources

Requesting support http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16947

Last edited by Leo Borealis (2009-11-01 02:52:43)

mbender

Member

Registered: 2008-07-13

Posts: 19

Re: gitk not working since last update

Thanks for the workaround, it does the trick!

The workaround provided in http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=83688 to disable "apply colors to non kde applications" in KDE works as well.

Leo Borealis

Member

From: RU

Registered: 2009-07-24

Posts: 4

Re: gitk not working since last update

Bug closed.
Problem fixed in xorg-server-utils 7.5-3.