ok here is what i found maybe you can help me diagnose this wierdness finally
i built as user instead of root and did not use my .pdrc 17 works fine with older patches su root with .pdrc pd crashes with
unknown color name "(null)" pd_gui: pd process exited
uugh
Pat Pagano, Director South East Just Intonation Society http://www.screwmusicforever.com/SHREESWIFT/