I asked [1] Marc Lehmann about this issue, and he replied "rxvt-unicode neither installs nor comes nor requires a system-wide app-defaults file, so it doesn't read one.
Administrators and users can create their own config by setting XAPPLRESDIR." I tested this on my system with XAPPLRESDIR="/etc/X11/app-defaults" and it works perfectly. So this should be documented in README.Debian or the like. Regards, Thomas [1] http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/rxvt-unicode/2006q1/000207.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]