Please note that xterm looks for ~/.Xdefaults-<hostname>, not ~/.Xdefaults:
ik5...@penny:~ $ strace xterm >pippo 2>&1 ik5...@penny:~ $ grep Xdefault pippo open("/home/ik5pvx/.Xdefaults-penny", O_RDONLY) = 4 Setting "*customization: -color" in there solves this. Another workaround is to: cat /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm > ~/XTerm and comment out the call to include XTerm at the beginning: !#include "XTerm" Pf -- xterm background colour used to be black, now white https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs