Small problem with Xterm / .Xdefaults file

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brettlpb · Post by **brettlpb** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:40 am

It seems everytime I reboot I need to run "xrdm -load .Xdefaults" then re-run a new Xterm.

What do I need to do so that xterm reads this file everytime it starts, as I understood it was supposed to?

Thanks in advance.

seank · Post by **seank** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:13 am

xfree or xorg?

allucid · Post by **allucid** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:22 am

What windowmangager/DE are you using? XFCE4?

codergeek42 · Post by **codergeek42** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:35 am

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$ xrdb -merge .Xdefaults

perhaps?

brettlpb · Post by **brettlpb** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:57 am

codergeek42 wrote:
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$ xrdb -merge .Xdefaults
perhaps?

I think that just does a load but merges it with current settings... anyway, I have to do that everytime I reboot, too (in place of a load, basically).

I'm using Xorg 6.8.2 and Gnome 2.8

I didn't think my DE would have any affect on me running xterm, as I figured xterm sourced .Xdefaults when it runs anywhere?

I'd rather not use gnome-terminal

brettlpb · Post by **brettlpb** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:07 pm

Anyone?

supemoy · Post by **supemoy** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:57 pm

hey dude,
remember, this is linux. Things don't happen automagically, if you want something to happen you have to make it happen.
Put it in your .bashrc or login script. Put it in your .xsession, or hell if your changing it a lot bind a keyboard short cut to it.

Peace

supemoy · Post by **supemoy** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:02 pm

i reread your problem and if you are having to type it in EVERYTIME you start a new xterm then you should put it in
your bashrc. That should get read everytime a new xterm opens, if your using some other shell then read your man
pages for info on it's start up environment.

wilho · Post by **wilho** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:10 pm

add

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useratermsettings=$HOME/.Xdefaults

if [ -f "$useratermsettings" ]; then
    xrdb -merge "$useratermsettings"
fi

to your /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

dfort · Post by **dfort** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:08 am

I've got the same problem. If I change something in

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/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color

and all I've got in my ~/.Xdefaults is

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*customization: -color

it will take when I run

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xrdb ~/.Xdefaults

but if I log out and back in, the modifications to the XTerm-color file doesn't take until I re-run

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xrdb ~/.Xdefaults

I tried putting

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useratermsettings=$HOME/.Xdefaults

if [ -f "$useratermsettings" ]; then
    xrdb -merge "$useratermsettings"
fi

in /etc/X11/init/xinitrc but it didn't fix it.

By the way, I'm using KDE and plain vanilla XTerm on an amd64 system. I even tried the latest ~amd64 ebuild, but still the same. All I really want to do is to have xterm come up with white on black instead of black on white without having to add command line options, aliases, etc. I mean, changing XTerm-color should be it, right? There shouldn't even be a need to mess around with .Xdefaults -- I would think.

--Dan