On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Jean-Paul LACHARME wrote: > I use fvwm2, and it works without real problem. Lots of desktop features are > designed within .fvwm2rc. In other systems, some X local features are > designed within a .Xdefaults file. I did not find any global template for > .Xdefaults in Debian. Nevertheless, I wonder if creating such a file can be > avoided when using X through fvwm2. I confess that I have not a clear idea of > which configures what. I suppose that .Xdefaults is just fit for raw X > commands and .fvwm2rc for the upper graphic layer, but it helps little. > > For example, it has been said that running a color Xterm (which is very > convenient) needs only to add the line 'Xterm*customization: -color'. OK. So, > I created a .Xdefaults file into my home directory with this single line, > but this was without any effect (in fact, I expected no more. Things are more > complex). > > I did not even success to change the default shinning white background of the > xterm windows (pity for my eyes !). I performed a grep white command on the > config files, but it gave me nothing. > > Has somebody some ideas about it ?
Did you restart X? Or, run xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults in an xterm, then execute xterm from within the first xterm to pick up the new X resource database? (restarting X sounds easier!) ...RickM...
