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#1 2008-12-13 13:48:43
- whordijk
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[SOLVED] xterm colors differ from any other TTY
Hello,
I have a bit of a problem concerning the colors in xterm. To illustrate the difference between the colors in any other TTY (Gnome terminal in this case) and the colors in xterm, let me show you an alsa restart:
*snip*
You might say that I have been tinkering with the color palette of xterm, but I haven't. I've tried to restore the colors to default but it doesn't seem to help, which is pretty logical since they should be set to default.
Is this a known issue? What can be done about it?
Thanks in advance!
SOLUTION:
Instead of starting xterm with "xterm -rv", I use "xterm -bg black -fg white". The -rv option somehow messes things up for bold text, and the -bg/fg options seem to do the trick.
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#2 2008-12-13 17:35:00
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Re: [SOLVED] xterm colors differ from any other TTY
Looks like something to do with bold text. Could you post your .Xdefaults?
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#3 2008-12-13 17:42:41
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Re: [SOLVED] xterm colors differ from any other TTY
Looks like something to do with bold text. Could you post your .Xdefaults?
I would, but I'm affraid both my useraccount and the root account don't have a .Xdefaults file. I thought it was only used if you'd wish to change the default X settings, so I figured: no .Xdefaults = default X settings.
EDIT:
I found out it has got something to do with the swapping of colors: I use "xterm -rv" to get a white-on-black terminal, look at what I get when I start a non-video-reversed xterm:
EDIT:
Fixed!
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#4 2008-12-13 19:35:45
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Re: [SOLVED] xterm colors differ from any other TTY
How did you fix it?
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#5 2008-12-13 19:43:38
- whordijk
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Re: [SOLVED] xterm colors differ from any other TTY
How did you fix it?
I stated it in the opening post 
Instead of starting xterm with "xterm -rv", I use "xterm -bg black -fg white". The -rv option somehow messes things up for bold text, and the -bg/fg options seem to do the trick.
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#6 2008-12-13 19:46:11
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Re: [SOLVED] xterm colors differ from any other TTY
Oh, I didn't notice
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#7 2008-12-13 19:48:13
- whordijk
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Re: [SOLVED] xterm colors differ from any other TTY
Oh, I didn't notice
I can imagine, but I thought it would be nice for people who'd find this thread to compare their problem to mine and immediately finding the solution, instead of scrolling through the whole thread in order to find it
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