Change the defaults for rxvt by editing /etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt Also check that /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt exists and that it has reasonable values for the colors you are using.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Fulmer Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:23 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: rxvt red is displayed as white For those of you old enough to remember Emily Litella, "Nevermind." My Xdefaults were to blame... > I'm at wit's end here. I'm starting cygwin as follows: > > @echo off > set EDITOR=vi > set VISUAL=vi > set CYGWIN=codepage:oem tty binmode title C:\opt\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe > -geometry 120x35 -title "Korn Shell" -bg 7 -fg > 18 -sr -sl 1500 -e /usr/bin/ksh -l > > I've tried a bazillion different TERM settings and with each one I > have the same problem. While editing files in vi, my string literals > which are set to appear as red, appear as white. This problem appears > only on my laptop. On windows servers that I log into via > RemoteDesktop, I don't have this problem. My strings appear as red. > I've copied configs from those servers to my laptop and still my > strings appear as white. My laptop is capable of displaying red. It just doesn't do it in rxvt. Any thoughts? > > Jeff > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
