Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 18:22:12 -0400 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problesm with X application default Message-ID: <20060903222212.GA3684@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <200609032032.20961.dan@slightlystrange.org> References: <20060903143359.GA22029@teddy.fas.com> <200609032032.20961.dan@slightlystrange.org>
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On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 08:32:14PM +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sunday 03 September 2006 15:33, stan wrote: > > I'm building a replacement machine for a long serving workstation > > that finally died a hardware death. > > > > I've built a new machine updated to 6 CURRENT, and installed the > > KDE metaport. I have a customize XTerm application defaults > > file from a backup of the old machine. However, I can't seem to get > > xterm to honor it. I'm running xterm from teh menu bar in KDE > > with alauncher, and the -ls command line option. > > > > I use ksh, and I have my .profile set up to set the following > > environment variable: > > > > PPLRESDIR=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/:/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults:/home/ > >stan/.X11/app-defaults > > > > > [---snip---] > > > > But despite that the Xterm comes up in white with black text. So, > > I put the same file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults, but it > > still does not honor it > > > > Can anyone sugest what I am doing wrong? > > It's more to do with how KDE handles it, I think. From what reading I did > about this a while ago, you need to tell KDE to read your X settings as it > starts. I have a little sh script in ~/.kde/Autostart/load_Xdefaults.sh: > > #!/bin/sh > > [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb ] && /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults > > Looking at your XTerm file, you should be able to load it in much the same > way. > Thanks, I will give that a try. -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
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