Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 17:00:45 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> To: Mariusz Potocki <potok@free.polbox.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xterm is only black&white Message-ID: <19970723170045.44787@ct.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <199707221805.UAA24830@free.polbox.pl>; from Mariusz Potocki on Tue, Jul 22, 1997 at 08:17:54PM %2B0100 References: <199707221805.UAA24830@free.polbox.pl>
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Mariusz Potocki:
|I just installed 2.2.1R on my computer and I can't find the
|reason that my xterm is only black and white.
|On second machine which was upgraded from 2.1.5R xterm appears in
|colours.
|I tried to install color_xterm from 2.1.5, but it is still monochrome.
|In my home directory I have in .Xresources *customization -color.
|So where is the clue?
1) First, verify that the "*customization: -color" is making it into your
RESOURCE_MANAGER property. Log into X and in an xterm, run:
xrdb -query | grep customization
verify that it prints:
*customization: -color
If not, you need to update your ~/.xinitrc. For now,
"xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources" and check again.
2) Verify you have the appropriate XTerm-color app-default file installed
at: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color. This file should
exist and contain lines of the form:
*VT100*color0: black
*VT100*color1: red3
*VT100*color2: green3
*VT100*color3: yellow3
...
3) Verify that your environment will let XTerm find this file. For testing
use (assuming csh/tcsh syntax):
unsetenv XAPPLRESDIR
unsetenv XUSERFILESEARCHPATH
setenv XFILESEARCHPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/%T/%N%C%S:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/%T/%N%S
4) You should now almost surely have color capability. Fire up and xterm
and try a few tests. If all else fails, use ktrace to see what's going on:
su
ktrace /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
^C
kdump | <your-favorite-pager>
search down to "app-defaults" and verify it's finding XTerm-color.
5) Also verify that you're really running the XFree 3.3 xterm. Specify the
full path when running it, and also verify the file's cksum:
# cksum /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
2269656569 151552 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
Best of luck. BTW, I'm running 2.2.1 w/ both XFree 3.3's xterm as
well as some colour_xterm's linked with Xaw3d and neXtaw, so feel free to mail
me if you have any further questions.
Randall Hopper
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