"Jens B. Jorgensen" wrote: > Stavros wrote: > > > hi, i have two litle problems with xterm. > > 1) $TERM=xterm-debian is set by default wich is causing me troubles > > connecting via telnet to other machines. > > Right. Well, you'll just have to change this one. I don't like it either > but it wasn't up to us. Some debian policy or other. You can change this (I > believe) by editing /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm. There should be a line > in there like: > > *.termName: xterm-debian > > So just change xterm-debian to xterm. Alternatively you could just modify > your own .Xdefaults or .Xresources but if you're like me you'll want to > change it system-wide.
Changes to files in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/ get wiped out at your next upgrade because they are not designated as conffiles. I don't know if setting this in /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm (which is a conffile) will override the setting in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm or not, but it's worth a try (otherwise could be a bug?) -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/