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use .Xresources
Authored by: mzs on Mar 10, '04 09:16:05AM

Do the following in your home dir.

verify that there is no .Xdefaults
create .Xresources with the resources that you like
verify that there is no .xsession file in your home dir

(you can verify with this command: file .Xdefaults .xsession)

Now quit X11 and start it again. It should work now. .Xresources will only take on a restart of X11, that is why you can do the xrdb command.

If that does not work, post a comment with the output of:

/bin/tcsh -c 'setenv'

(even if you are using bash, then this will give only the 'exported' vars)

Also as a sanity check, do:

ls -l $HOME/.Xresources

Maybe the permissions need to look like this: -rw-r--r--

Also do:

ls -l /usr/bin/cpp

This is used by X11 when your .Xresources file is sourced. (to handle comments and includes)

I am sort of grasping for straws by this point, but I hope there is some silly thing wrong this will find.



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