xterm and .bashrc
 

I'm trying to configure the .bashrc file so that when I open an xterm on my fluxbox desktop it opens with green type and a black background. I put this into the file:

xterm -fg green -bg black

But when I open a xterm session it duplicates windows upon windows of xterm until I end up having to kill the xserver and restart it...

What would be the appropriate command to input into the .bashrc file?

Putting a xterm command into .bashrc equals to start a new xterm each time a xterm is open, resulting in an infinite loop. To change the colors of the xterm, add the following lines to ~/.Xdefaults (or create it if missing):
Then to make the changes active, do
start a new xterm and the trick is done!

Excellent! and thank you ;)