on Fri, May 18, 2001 at 12:29:24PM +0100, Brian Potkin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:50:47AM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have not until recently had cause to use this file, but I put some > > Netscape modifications in it. I assumed that with a name like > > .Xdefaults, it would load the default values when the X-Server started, > > but > > apparently not. > > > > It seems that to get this file read into the system I have to go to a > > terminal and type; > > > > "xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults" > > Debian uses the file ~/.Xresources for your personal modifications.
Different X startup mechanisms refer variously to ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources. I simply hardlink the two files together to cover both bases. You can also explicitly load resources in your startup script, ~/.xinitrc. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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