On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 4:36 AM, Anubhav Yadav <anubhav1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Suddenly my .Xresources are not working on startup. Meaning I have to > manually startup a terminal and issue "xrdb .Xresources" and restart > the shell to see my colors. > > I am using(learning to use) i3 although I have xfce installed, and I > start i3/xfce from lightdm. > > Now I remember doing two things after which this started happening: > > 1) I changed the colors of my .Xresources from base16-tomorrow to molokai. > Here is my .Xresources http://paste.debian.net/87922 > > To be a little more precise, the previous scheme had the colors > defined like this: > > #define t_background #1d1f21 > #define t_current_line #282a2e > #define t_selection #373b41 > #define t_foreground #c5c8c6 > #define t_comment #969896 > #define t_red #cc6666 > #define t_orange #de935f > #define t_yellow #f0c674 > #define t_green #b5bd68 > #define t_aqua #8abeb7 > #define t_blue #81a2be > #define t_purple #b294bb > > > *.foreground: t_foreground > *.background: t_background > *.cursorColor: #aeafad > > ! Black / Grey > *.color0: #000000 > *.color8: #666666 > > ! Red / Bright Red > *.color1: t_red > *.color9: #FF3334 > > ! Green + Bright Green > *.color2: t_green > *.color10: #9ec400 > ...... > [snipped] > > And the new colors are directly put like this > > !Molokai terminal colours > *foreground:#a0a0a0 > *background:#1b1d1e > > !molokai inspired colors > > !black > *color0: #1b1d1e > *color8: #505354 > !red > *color1: #f92672 > *color9: #ff5995 > !green > *color2: #82b414 > *color10: #b6e354 > !yellow > *color3: #fd971f > *color11: #feed6c > !blue > *color4: #56c2d6 > *color12: #8cedff > > [..snipped..] > > 2) I edited the file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and added this line: > user-session=i3 > to make i3 as default in i3. > > 3) I created a file ~/.xessionrc and added the line to it > export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
Sorry pressed the send button by mistake: Here is the continuation So I created the above file so that I could run scripts from ~/bin in dmenu. These 3 steps I remember doing after which my .Xresources failed to load on startup. Now I already reverted steps 2 and 3, but even now that won't help. These are the things I tried: 1) I changed to format of the colors from *background to xterm*background or Xterm.VT100.background but that wont help. 2) I created a symlink .Xdefaults to .Xresources but that won't work either. 3) I also created ~/.xinitrc and added the line "xrdb -load .Xresources" to it, but that won't help either. Interesting thing to note is that only "xrdb .Xresources" will work after boot. Not "xrdb -merge .Xresources" neither "xrdb -overide .Xresources" Any help? And sorry for the reply to my own mail to complete my question! -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/ca+jf9agxeykw_ooedjqnqzxb-q2qecjutdnrezun0hzinbn...@mail.gmail.com