I added: XTerm*VT100.color3: #707000
to ~/.Xresources to try to fix this. The result is a horrible olive colour on my screen, but at least it's now visible. (The default yellow colour for X is #ffff00 which is fine against a dark background, but almost invisible against white). -- Dr Peter Chubb Tel: +61 2 9490 5852 http://ts.data61.csiro.au/ Trustworthy Systems Group CSIRO's Data61