Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-31 Thread Anubhav Yadav
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:22 PM, Brian wrote: > On Mon 31 Mar 2014 at 05:03:14 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > >> Which should be the best option for me? >> >> xterm*color1: #f92672 >> >> or >> >> XTerm*VT100*color1: #f92672 > > Both override what is in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color. The first >

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-31 Thread Brian
On Mon 31 Mar 2014 at 05:03:14 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Which should be the best option for me? > > xterm*color1: #f92672 > > or > > XTerm*VT100*color1: #f92672 Both override what is in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color. The first option is best for me. > And what is the difference betwe

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-30 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> And including that one in the list gives: > > xterm*color1: #f92672 > XTerm*VT100*color: #f92672? > XTerm*color: #f92672 > *VT100*color1: red3 > Which should be the best option for me? xterm*color1: #f92672 or XTerm*VT100*color1: #f92672 And what is the difference between

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-29 Thread Anubhav Yadav
So ultimately the conclusion is that for me to have the most optimized settings, I should change all my colors from xterm*color to XTerm*color Is that right? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-28 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Mar 2014 at 21:13:43 +0100, Vincent Zweije wrote: > > And including that one in the list gives: > > xterm*color1: #f92672 > XTerm*VT100*color: #f92672? > XTerm*color: #f92672 > *VT100*color1: red3 > > because #2 specifies VT100 in the second slot, where #3 specifies

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-28 Thread Vincent Zweije
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:33:20PM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: || I found this || *VT100*color1: red3 || and || xterm*color1: #f92672 Specificity is checked left to right. The second specifies an instance xterm, which comes earlier than class VT100 of the first. Therefore the second is mor

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-28 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> My fault; the command is 'appres XTerm xterm'. There should be two > resource lines with color1 in them. One is from XTerm-color, the other > is from the merged .Xresources. Which one is more specific? > I found this *VT100*color1: red3 and xterm*color1: #f92672 >From our discussions before,

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-28 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Mar 2014 at 22:33:20 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > So according to our discussion, my colors in *MY* .Xresources should > be more *specific* to the > resources used system wide. Yes; especially in the light of Debian's setup. > In that case my settings for colors should be: > > XTerm*

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-21 Thread Brian
On Fri 21 Mar 2014 at 22:26:40 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > Re-read what Vincent Zweije wrote, especially his first mail. Then > > re-read the answers in the stackexchange link you gave, concentrating on > > what is said about "specific" and "priority". Now re-read what you wrote: > > Yes, Vin

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-21 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> Re-read what Vincent Zweije wrote, especially his first mail. Then > re-read the answers in the stackexchange link you gave, concentrating on > what is said about "specific" and "priority". Now re-read what you wrote: Yes, Vincent said that the default .Xresources contain some settings with a hi

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-20 Thread Brian
On Wed 19 Mar 2014 at 21:57:44 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > That sure cleared lot of things! We preesume you are now satisfied with the solution you have. There is nothing wrong with it but there is another aspect to the problem which you have actually observed. You have given all the relevant

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-19 Thread Anubhav Yadav
Thanks a lot Brian That sure cleared lot of things! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CA+Jf9AFyyJ02xgY+feMzTmRHsxXTQvhONuq1Qz5m2_ZJ50=v...@mail.gmail.

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-19 Thread Brian
On Tue 18 Mar 2014 at 23:32:04 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > So my question is what do you mean by "Xterm", and then how is "xterm" > different? There is no meaning for Xterm without launching an xterm with the -name option. Do you mean XTerm? > I can guess it has something to do with the class

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-19 Thread Vincent Zweije
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:32:04PM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: || So you mean to say that the resources were already being merged but || actually came into effect when I increased their priority or made them more || specific by add the class xterm* before the settings! The default resources ca

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Anubhav Yadav
Just in case: the command > >xrdb -merge .Xresources > > is definitely run when X is called. The resources in .Xresources are > merged with those in /etc/X11. If you issue the same command from a > terminal nothing happens to alter the resources available because > they have already been merge

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Brian
On Tue 18 Mar 2014 at 21:17:47 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > There - it works. Is there anything you could do to your existing > > .Xresources to make the rest work? Or does it so already? > > Thanks a lot, > I solved it. Just had to change all instances of *color# to xterm*color# > As simple a

SOLVED: Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 18 March 2014 15:47:47 Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Can I change my subject header and all [SOLVED] to it? Because last > time I did it, the mail went as a new thread on the mailing list! No, it went as a new "thread" on Gmail. Gmail routinely breaks threading. It's a pain. :-( It's one

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> There - it works. Is there anything you could do to your existing > .Xresources to make the rest work? Or does it so already? Thanks a lot, I solved it. Just had to change all instances of *color# to xterm*color# As simple as that! What I liked more was instead of giving me direct solution you

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Brian
On Tue 18 Mar 2014 at 20:20:49 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > (If it wasn't clear, I intended you to try the two lines I gave you > > earlier in your existing .Xresources, replacing the ones you have). > > > Sorry, I had the impression that you wanted me to stick to only that colors. > Ok I clear

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> (If it wasn't clear, I intended you to try the two lines I gave you > earlier in your existing .Xresources, replacing the ones you have). > Sorry, I had the impression that you wanted me to stick to only that colors. Ok I cleared my .Xresources and now it has only these to lines. xterm*foregroun

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Brian
On Tue 18 Mar 2014 at 19:28:52 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > One more thing I would like to point out is that, the above outputs contains > some extra lines in the output of 'xrdb -query" that are *NOT* in my > version of .Xresources. Like > *customization: -color > Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault You

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> Try > > xrdb -query Here is it output, the colors are exactly the same as in my .Xresources. *background:#1b1d1e *color0:#1b1d1e *color1:#f92672 *color10: #b6e354 *color11: #feed6c *color12: #8cedff *color13: #9e6ffe *color14: #899ca1 *color1

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Vincent Zweije
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 04:01:36PM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: || > This suggests that the resources that are loaded into your X server || > by default contain settings with a higher priority than your own || > .Xresources. The xrdb -merge merges your settings, but leaves the || > higher prior

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> Are those the default settings, or did you run xrdb -load already? > No I haven't run xrdb -load .Xresources yet These are the same colors that I have used in my .Xresources. -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Vincent Zweije
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 04:01:36PM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: || > This suggests that the resources that are loaded into your X server || > by default contain settings with a higher priority than your own || > .Xresources. The xrdb -merge merges your settings, but leaves the || > higher prior

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> This suggests that the resources that are loaded into your X server > by default contain settings with a higher priority than your own > .Xresources. The xrdb -merge merges your settings, but leaves the > higher priority resources there as well, so your settings seem to have > no effect. The xrdb

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Vincent Zweije
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 06:02:33AM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: || > The '-query' option to xrdb is useful. Interesting you used your original || > .Xresources rather than one modified in the light of your experience. :) || || That;s because I want my .Xresources to work, I had made colorschem

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 06:02:33AM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > The '-query' option to xrdb is useful. Interesting you used your original > > .Xresources rather than one modified in the light of your experience. :) > > That;s because I want my .Xresources to work, I had made colorscheme > chang

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-17 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> The '-query' option to xrdb is useful. Interesting you used your original > .Xresources rather than one modified in the light of your experience. :) That;s because I want my .Xresources to work, I had made colorscheme changes to it! Here is the complete .Xresources that I am trying to use http:/

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-17 Thread Brian
On Mon 17 Mar 2014 at 04:22:12 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Running startx logged me in to xfce, I opened up a xterm and the > background was red. Fine; the recommended line works. > Next I enabled lightdm: #update-rc.d lightdm enable > Rebooted and from lightdm logged in to i3. > Opened up an

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-16 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> Is it this bug? > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1084885 > > And this workaround? > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM#Xresources_not_being_parsed_correctly Yes I tried the workaround mentioned here before posting on the list. Still thanks for talking out time and helping

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-16 Thread Anubhav Yadav
Okay before doing what you stated, I restored the file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11- common_xresources to original > 1. Prevent lightdm from being started: > > update-rc.d lightdm disable('enable' reverts this). Done > 2. Delete $HOME/.Xdefaults (It's not used). Never used

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-16 Thread Curt
On 2014-03-15, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Hello, > Suddenly my .Xresources are not working on startup. Meaning I have to > manually startup a terminal and issue "xrdb .Xresources" and restart > the shell to see my colors. > > I am using(learning to use) i3 although I have xfce installed, and I > start

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-16 Thread Brian
On Sun 16 Mar 2014 at 23:36:21 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 10:22:21AM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > Solved. > > Are you sure? What do you think will happen on an upgrade of Xorg? To help him with thinking this through he should find out what a conffile is. Then

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-16 Thread Brian
On Sun 16 Mar 2014 at 10:22:21 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Solved. > > I edited the file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources and > changed the "xorg -merge ..." lines to "xorge ..." and it worked. > I don't know if it is a good solution or not! I'd see it as a defeat because you are al

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-16 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> Weird! What did you read that advised changing "xorg" to "xorge"? Damn I don't know what happened to me while typing. Sorry. \ This is what I actually did! The original line was xrdb -merge $RESOURCEFILE and xrdb -merge $USRRESOURCES I just removed the -merge options. And I made the changes

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-16 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 10:22:21AM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Solved. Are you sure? What do you think will happen on an upgrade of Xorg? > I edited the file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources and > changed the "xorg -merge ..." lines to "xorge ..." and it worked. > I don't know if it

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-15 Thread Anubhav Yadav
Solved. I edited the file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources and changed the "xorg -merge ..." lines to "xorge ..." and it worked. I don't know if it is a good solution or not! Regards, Anubhav Yadav Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Pune. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-15 Thread Anubhav Yadav
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 4:51 AM, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: > i wrote this: > > http://sourceforge.net/p/xdm-options/ > > it launches window manager desktop pairs. you might see something in it > that helps > > > this seems simple. back off your recent changes and change onl

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-15 Thread Anubhav Yadav
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 4:36 AM, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Hello, > Suddenly my .Xresources are not working on startup. Meaning I have to > manually startup a terminal and issue "xrdb .Xresources" and restart > the shell to see my colors. > > I am using(learning to use) i3 although I have xfce instal