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From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net>
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On 2009.12.22 18:03:00 +0000, Jamie Griffin wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:38:19AM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> 
> > rendered correctly, but I can't get X to read the .Xdefaults file. 
> > ideas on why .Xdefauts works on the desktop box but not the laptop?
> 
> Could it be that you need to make sure your xterm is executing a login
> shell when it starts, such as: 
> 
> xterm*loginShell: true 
> 
> ... in your .Xdefaults file
> 
>         Jamie

That was a good idea, but unfortunately it didn't work.

Rem