Getting a colormap...

[Michael <naetrick comcast net>]

I'm using giflib to create a GIF image from raw GdkPixbuf pixel data. 
Everything works... except the colors are really screwey. I'm using a 
default, 16-color color map from the source of a utility in the giflib 
code. I assume that's the problem. When I save the pixbuf as another 
format using gdk_pixbuf_save_to_buffer(), the image looks fine, so it's 
not the pixbuf that is the issue.

So I figured gdk_colormap_get_system() would work... it sets 
colormap->size to a non-zero value (256, I think), but colormap->colors 
is NULL. Such is the case when I run gdk_rgb_get_colormap(), as well.

My question is, how can I get a colormap with it's "GdkColor" pointer 
non-NULL, pointing to a structure filled with RGB values that I can use 
to pass to giflib? I'd like also to be able to choose the bit-depth of 
this colormap. gdk_colormap_new(gdk_visual_get_best_with_depth(8)) 
returns colormap->colors being NULL, as well.

Thanks!