Xdefaults

jorpheus · 2010-01-20 19:51:27

After the last update, it's not being read anymore - I can't toggle Yeahconsole, Xterm doesn't respond to various changes and my cursor reverted to the default. I googled, tried a couple of things, nothing seems to work. Any ideas? I'm running LXDE+Openbox.

Knute · 2010-01-20 20:19:30

What does your ~/.Xdefaults file look like?

Also, are you getting any error messages when you try to open xterm from an xterm window?

drcouzelis · 2010-01-20 20:27:51

What did you update?

jorpheus · 2010-01-20 21:02:30

I haven't changed the way it looks, and it was working just fine yesterday. I get no errors when running Xterm/Yeahconsole from a terminal.

Log of things updated

dmz · 2010-01-20 21:17:10

xrdb .Xdefaults ?

jorpheus · 2010-01-20 21:24:12

dmz wrote:

xrdb .Xdefaults ?

That's one of the things I tried. That and renaming it to .Xresources - neither worked.

Knute · 2010-01-20 21:37:26

So does either xCalc or xclock or xscreensaver have problems when you change a color or something?

What I'm trying to figure out, is if there's a problem with the ~/.Xdefaults file, or perhaps xterm is simply disregarding it, or maybe yeahconsole is.

jorpheus · 2010-01-20 23:00:09

Nope, nothing happens. Same thing with my cursor icon - I can put theme and size whatever, it doesn't change. That's why I think it's not reading the file....

Edit:
Noticed new stuff when I kill X.

http://tinypaste.com/87500 (yay for Screen, I have no idea how else would I get that)

Everything below the "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" line is new.

Furthermore, I tried disabling autostarting Conky - Yeahconsole responds, but obviously hasn't seen .Xdefaults (colors), and the rest of the stuff is unchanged.

Curious and curiouser.

Last edited by jorpheus (2010-01-20 23:39:46)

jorpheus · 2010-01-21 18:52:23

Good news, I've fixed it

It seems LXDE was the culprit. Downgrading the three upgraded packages (common, session, appearance) restored the empire to a state of balance.

drcouzelis · 2010-01-21 18:54:04

jorpheus wrote:

It seems LXDE was the culprit. Downgrading the three upgraded packages (common, session, appearance) restored the empire to a state of balance.

That's beautiful! May the Arch be with you.

Arch Linux

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