Problem with .Xresources

Nifty Fedora Mitch niftyfedora at niftyegg.com
Sat Nov 1 00:37:39 UTC 2008


On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 03:58:27PM -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> 
> When I log in, I want to get my .Xresources file loaded. That is not  
> happening. Then I found a file called /etc/X11/Xresources
>
> I added the content of my .Xresources file to it
>
> *customization: -color
> *StringConversionWarnings: on
>
> But when I log in, it still does not get loaded. Anyone?
>

Reboot or Restart the X-server logout may not restart X.

How do you know that $HOME/.Xresources is not being looked at?
Can you set something obvious that does not wack your desktop
perhaps-- xterm background Fuchsia

Check permissions:
	ls -ld $HOME
	ls -l  $HOME/.Xresources




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