SL> John H Palmieri <palmieri.2(a)nd.edu&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org: SL> I get a host of: SL> allocate_nearest_color returned 0!!! SL> messages. I have NO problems to view those png files. Is every single png file in etc/photos giving you the error? I look at the files with e runs the command dired-find-file from the dired buffer and have no trouble to look at these as distributeed with 21.2-b11: -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 16611 Feb 05 16:58 stigb.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 16647 Feb 05 16:57 mcook.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 16908 Feb 05 16:57 jareth.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 17865 Feb 05 16:57 dv.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 18053 Feb 05 16:58 vinm.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 18275 Feb 05 16:57 dvm.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 18644 Feb 05 16:58 pezm.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 19185 Feb 05 16:58 slbm.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 20137 Feb 05 16:58 ografm.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 22026 Feb 05 16:58 pez.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 22332 Feb 05 16:57 ograf.png -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerA 5 22686 Feb 05 16:58 slb.png I am running (emacs-version) "XEmacs 21.0 \"Pyrenean63\" [Lucid] (i386-pc-win32) of Sat Feb 06 1999 on ZJ75T" with 64k of colors. HTH, Adrian SL> That function is in the apel package. -- Adrian Aichner Teradyne GmbH, European Design Center Integra Test Division Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 (What is a Fax?) D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail adrian.aichner(a)teradyne.com