Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > > > When I try to change the font size, using the control+rightmouseclick then I > > get a menu showing me same font sizes. But this only happens if the user is > > root. Otherwise I get a menu that is really smaller and I can only see the > > first line of text in the menu (the smaller font size.) > > ok, I double checked. The problem is related to the user' .Xresource. > > There is a line that create the problem: > XTerm*geometry: 80x40
You are setting the geometry resource for *all* the xterm widgets, including the menu. You should say: XTerm*VT100.geometry: 80x40 > The "man xterm" command says: > > geometry (class Geometry) > Specifies the preferred size and position of the > VT102 window. > > so what can be wrong? If you go back (way back), the man page actually says: The following resources are specified as part of the vt100 widget (class VT100): by way of introduction to a very long list of resources, including `geometry'. It's very easy to miss. Noel