system-config-lvm crashes with RuntimeError: couldn't allocate colour

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Issue

  • system-config-lvm crashes with RuntimeError: couldn't allocate colour

sudo system-config-lvm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 173, in ?
    runFullGUI()
  File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 158, in runFullGUI
    blvm = baselvm(glade_xml, app)
  File "/usr/sbin/system-config-lvm", line 108, in __init__
    self.volume_tab_view = Volume_Tab_View(glade_xml, self.lvmm, self.main_win)
  File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/Volume_Tab_View.py", line 100, in __init__
    pr_upper = Properties_Renderer(window3, window3.window)
  File "/usr/share/system-config-lvm/Properties_Renderer.py", line 69, in \__init__
    color = gtk.gdk.colormap_get_system().alloc_color("white", 1,1)
RuntimeError: couldn't allocate colour

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  • system-config-lvm

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