# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1011697399 0
# Node ID 8f96a03b25962fcb2b9b4269f4a23ab2bffad8f0
# Parent  208cfafce1ab3466a5e5205d8c9ff68f40adeab0
Document problems with insufficient number of colors on X.

diff -r 208cfafce1ab -r 8f96a03b2596 etc/PROBLEMS
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS	Tue Jan 22 08:13:18 2002 +0000
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS	Tue Jan 22 11:03:19 2002 +0000
@@ -246,6 +246,22 @@
 problem, you should look for a way to configure Emacs so that it uses
 terminfo when built.
 
+* Error messages about undefined colors on X.
+
+The messages might say something like this:
+
+   Unable to load color "grey95"
+
+(typically, in the `*Messages*' buffer), or something like this:
+
+  Error while displaying tooltip: (error Undefined color lightyellow)
+
+These problems could happen if some other X program has used up too
+many colors of the X palette, leaving Emacs with insufficient system
+resources to load all the colors it needs.
+
+A solution is to exit the offending X programs before starting Emacs.
+
 * Colors are not available on a tty or in xterm.
 
 Emacs 21 supports colors on character terminals and terminal