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haole

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Registered: 2006-08-16

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[solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

Hey there,

I have always used ~/.Xdefaults to configure my XTerm colors. However, on my new Arch Linux Don't Panic installation, this resource doesn't seem to work. XTerm ignores it.

Does anybody have a clue about this? Has anything changed since others releases about this?

~/.Xdefaults

XTerm*foregroud: white
XTerm*backgroud: black

Last edited by haole (2007-08-21 04:59:26)

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

In my .Xdefaults I have it in lower case and it works:
xterm*background: black
xterm*foreground: white

PenguinFlavored

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From: Chicago, IL, USA

Registered: 2006-06-06

Posts: 66

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

try manually updating the X resource database by

xrdb ~/.Xdefaults

does that fix it? If so, put that line in your .xinitrc file.

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haole

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Registered: 2006-08-16

Posts: 17

Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

Didn't work...

Any new ideas?

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

You're not editing root's ~/.Xdefaults and running xterm as user, right?

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haole

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Registered: 2006-08-16

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

No, I'm editing my user's .Xdefaults...

It seems like Xorg is just missing my configuration file.

Any new ideas?

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

Did you try PenguinFlavored's suggestion of using xrdb?

haole

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Registered: 2006-08-16

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

Yeah... I apply that command, open a XTerm section by the same terminal that I used to input the command and nothing happens.

NoOneImportant

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From: Deep Southern California

Registered: 2007-02-13

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults

Ashren

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

XTerm*foregroud: white
XTerm*backgroud: black

Perhaps you should try spelling it foreground and background.

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harlekin

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

lol

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Cerebral

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

XTerm*foregroud: white
XTerm*backgroud: black

Perhaps you should try spelling it foreground and background.

omg - I totally missed that - good eye

haole

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

LOL

At least I didn't miss it alone!

shining

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

I can't believe how many of us missed that.
Now that I look at it, that "groud" is jumping into my eyes.

Maybe because we're all used to have various problems with Xdefaults, but not a stupid spelling one

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haole

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

By the way, it worked now!

Weird, huh?

holms

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Registered: 2013-10-17

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

I'm only registered to feedback on this topic:

xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults

fixed this for me, I don't know why but after fresh debian install, when i start dwm with startx, .Xdefaults is being ignored. only that command helps. put it to .xinitrc

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults

when i start dwm with startx, .Xdefaults is being ignored. only that command helps. put it to .xinitrc

That's how it works these days, i.e. you need you load .Xdefaults manually with xrdb

WonderWoofy

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

I am pretty sure that the .Xresources file is considered the new standard way of handling things.  I have read that the .Xdefaults file is deprecated, but I am not willing to back that statement up since I've only seen this comment from other users.  Since you have to use xrdb anyway now, I guess it really doesn't matter and you could potentially call it whatever you want.  But here is a thread on the topic from Feb of this year.

karol

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

Guys, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 90#p274690 already gave the answer, the thread has been marked as solved for years, there's no need to bump it.

I am pretty sure that the .Xresources file is considered the new standard way of handling things.

This is true, but see the note https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X_ … Xresources

Last edited by karol (2013-10-17 16:02:25)

ewaller

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Re: [solved] [stupid] .Xdefaults not working!

Closed.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.22

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