On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 01:03:38PM -0400, Bill Benedetto wrote: > Bill> You did log out and back in after updating your .Xdefaults, > Bill> right? > > Matijs> Yes, I did. Didn't work. > > Glyn> or just do > Glyn> > Glyn> xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults > > Matijs> Haven't tried that yet. Ok, that makes > Matijs> > Matijs> xrdb -query > Matijs> > Matijs> actually return what's in my .Xdefaults. > Matijs> > Matijs> Shouldn't this happen automatically when I login to X? > > Yes, it should happen automagically. > > However, I am not sure if all X (gnome, kde, enlightenment, > whatever) uses ~/.Xdefaults . > > Does anyone *KNOW* if all X uses ~/.Xdefaults ?? Is there > somewhere else that Matijs should be trying to put his resources?
Well, after some more digging and finally looking at the files in /etc/gdm/Sessions, I found that those sessions want me to put the stuff in ~/.Xresources. And lo! it works. I think this should be documented somewhere, e.g., in man gdm. -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux mus 2.4.17mvz4 #1 Fri Mar 15 23:30:15 CET 2002 i686 unknown Matijs van Zuijlen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
