also sprach Ross Boylan (on Wed, 23 May 2001 07:51:04PM -0700):
> Thank you; it worked. But why is it necessary to do this?
well, Xresources isn't read every single time you start an xterm (a
watch stat on the file will confirm this), so it's buffered. xrdb (x
read database) updates the cache.
Thank you; it worked. But why is it necessary to do this?
> also sprach Ross Boylan (on Mon, 21 May 2001 08:26:32PM -0700):
> > Or perhaps it stems from the fact that I su to root? I'm running
> > under gdm. For example, my USER variable is still set to my original
> > name after the su.
>
>
also sprach Ross Boylan (on Mon, 21 May 2001 08:26:32PM -0700):
> Or perhaps it stems from the fact that I su to root? I'm running
> under gdm. For example, my USER variable is still set to my original
> name after the su.
well, i assume that you figure out how to use xterm su'd to root -
right
For some reason my entries in .Xresources for Xterm seem to be ignored
as root. The same file works as desired for my regular account.
Is this some security thing? (.Xresources rwx for owner, r for everyone else)
Or perhaps it stems from the fact that I su to root? I'm running
under gdm. For e
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