On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Thomas Dickey <dic...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 09:55:01AM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: >> Package: xterm >> Version: 278-1 >> >> Hello, >> >> After a recent upgrade of xterm (278), text no longer shows up in >> xterm with the options I normally use: >> >> xterm -bg black -fg white >> >> The screen is black in xterms now, it does not honor the foreground >> color? Unless I run it without these arguments, I have downgraded to >> xterm 261 (still in the FTP dir) and all works normally again. > > I don't see this behavior in an update to Debian/unstable, or Debian/testing. > It's possible that there's some X resource setting on your machine which > has foreground pre-set, making it impossible to override. That would be > either a local customization, or some desktop junk (KDE's been an offender > in this area, for instance). Some details about the X resources, e.g., > as seen by appres and the window manager/desktop might show the problem.
Hi, I found the root cause, when using vnc, if you use "-depth 24" when starting vncserver, the text will be black. When "-depth 24" is not specified, it honors the background color. What is interesting is vnc has not changed and the older version of xterm (267) did not exhibit the issue w/ vnc when "-depth 24" was specified. The new version works as long as "-depth 24" is not specified. How to reproduce: 1. Install Debian Testing x86_64 2. Install vnc4server 4.1.1+X4.3.0-37 3. Run: vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 4. Make sure xterm 278-1 is installed (debian/testing) 5. /usr/bin/xterm -bg black -fg white 6. Then you can kill that vnc and re-run it without the -depth 24 and it works fine. Seems like an xterm/vnc/color/depth bug? When the default is used (-depth 16) the text appears properly and the background color is honored. Justin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cao9zadxrdrdcva6qdgwk63qvp6mt5fkwqvoygaes1k877cx...@mail.gmail.com
