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solamour
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 Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:52 pm Post subject: [Solved] "~/.Xdefaults" works, but "~/.Xresou |
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I have a fresh install with X, fluxbox, and urxvt. According to rxvt-unicode Wiki (http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Rxvt-unicode), I can add the settings to "~/.Xdefaults" but "~/.Xresources" is preferred.
The problem is, if I put my settings to "~/.Xresources", they are not recognized; putting them to "~/.Xdefaults" always works. I'd like to know why so.
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Gentoo64
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried running xrdb -load ~/.Xresources ?
You'll probably have to add that command to your startup list. |
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solamour
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Gentoo64 wrote: | | Have you tried running xrdb -load ~/.Xresources ? |
That did the trick. Thanks.
One thing I noticed is that the settings are preserved even after I reboot the system (and even if I don't load it in "~/.xinitrc"). Do you happen to know where xrdb is storing the settings?
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Gentoo64
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Did you remove .Xdefaults? |
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solamour
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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I think this is what happens. My "~/.xinitrc" loads "~/.Xresources".
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[[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
/usr/bin/startfluxbox
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But "~/.xinitrc" is used only when the graphical login automatically starts OR when I issue "startx" from the command line; if I stay in the console without starting X, the settings in "~/.Xresources" are not used.
On the other hand, "~/.Xdefaults" is used no matter how an X program starts, which makes it somewhat inefficient, and perhaps that's why it's not encouraged to use it.
Anyhow, it's clear what to do now. Thanks for taking time to respond.
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