On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 07:19:52PM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote: > Aterm doesn't seem to want to read my ~/.Xdefaults file even though its > manpage declares it will. > > Before anyone tells me to try ~/.Xresources, I already have, and xterm > reads ~/.Xdefaults just fine. > > All I have in my ~/.Xdefaults is the background and foreground color: > > XTerm*background: black > XTerm*foreground: grey > > I also tried 'ATerm' in place of 'XTerm', but to no avail. Aterm > remains the default white background and black foregound. > > I'm running unstable (sid) btw. > > Anyone have some pointers ,ideas, etc?
Run the following line on the command line in your home directory xrdb -load .Xresources If that does the trick then run it from your X startup file. hth, kent -- "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein