Riku Saikkonen wrote: > > Hmm... Does the "xlogo" program show the X Window System logo in color > or monochrome? (The colors in the logo should be white and red.) It > uses the application default files XLogo and XLogo-color in the same > way as XFig. > The Xlogo shows up in monochrome :(
> You could try running XFig with "xfig -xrm '*customization: -color'", > just in case that helps. If it does, there is some sort of problem in > your X startup scripts - either /etc/X11/Xresources/xfree86-common is > not loaded, the X server does not define COLOR for some reason, or > there is another *customization resource set somewhere. > Yes, running xfig like this brings back the colors! > As a somewhat more "brute force" approach, you could also try creating > a file /tmp/Fig containing everything in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Fig _and_ > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Fig-color, except for the "#include > "Fig"" line. Then try running XFig with the environment variable > XAPPLRESDIR set to /tmp/, that is, "XAPPLRESDIR=/tmp/ xfig" if you use > bash. > Yes, this also works; I get a color xfig. > Which version of the Athena widget set (Xaw) do you use? (To find this > out, see which Xaw-related directory is listed first in > /etc/ld.so.conf. For me, it's /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d, since I use > xaw3d.) I think they all support color settings, but I'm not sure. > It's the same thing for me. > That's all I can think of for now. For what it's worth, XFig has > always worked in color for me, with most buttons being yellow, and so > on, without doing anything special... > So, who is supposed to load /etc/X11/Xresources/xfree86-common? and, how come the X server does not define COLOR? Shall I reinstall X from scratch? Thank you for your help, -- Pedro