.Xdefaults not being read after i reboot.

[Marius Gedminas]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:06:57PM -0400, Daniel Underwood wrote:
> Why not just create a symbolic link in /usr/bin/ or /usr/local/bin/ to
> the xterm binary? If a link named xterm already exists, delete it.
> Seems like you're making this more complicated than in ought to be.

I think you're misunderstanding the question:

> On Monday, May 4, 2009, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:23:00AM -0500, sktsee wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 12:42 +0100, Jamie Griffin wrote:
> >> > hello everyone
> >> >
> >> > I'm using Jaunty with the gnome desktop. I prefer to use xterm rather
> >> > than the gnome terminal and have created an .Xdefaults configuration
> >> > file in my home directory to customise it. However, each time i start
> >> > up my laptop (either reboot or starting up for the first time that
> >> > morning) and open xterm this file is not read and the xterm opens with
> >> > the system-wide default settings, and to change this i have to use the
> >> > command `xrdb .Xdefaults` to get an xterm session using my preferred
> >> > settings. After doing so, the xterm stays as i want it to for the
> >> > remaining time logged in to my pc.
> >> >
> >> > I'm not sure why this is happening and how to make xterm use the
> >> > config  file in my home directory and wondered if anyone else
> >> > knows how?
> >>
> >> Try renaming your Xdefaults to .Xdefaults-hostname of computer.
> >>
> >> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/en/man7/X.7.html
> >> (look in the XENVIRONMENT section)
> >
> > or, if that doesn't help, use ~/.Xresources.

Marius Gedminas
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