Hello,

I'm trying to do something I thought would be relatively easy.

I have gnu emacs (version 21.2.1) on my RedHat Linux 7.3 box. I'm trying to set it up so the default background color is a shade of gray (specifically #bfbfbf).

Here's what I'm doing:
1. I go to Optioins->Customize Emacs->Specific Face...
2. Scroll down to "Default" and for background color enter "#bfbfbf".
3. I choose to save the changes for future sessions and then the color change takes effect.

HOWEVER: After I quit emacs and restart it, the background color is reset to white.

I've tried editing the .emac file in my home directory but that hasn't helped either.

Maybe I'm changing the wrong option, I'm not sure...
Does anyone have any suggestions?

i think there's an option to save the changes u made

also u can try this format in .emacs

(set-face-background 'default "oldlace")

i think there's an option to save the changes u made..

and also u can try

(set-face-background 'default "oldlace")
in your .emacs

Thanks for the tip but it doesn't seem to work.

If I simply replace my .emacs file with a different one would that work?

Does anyone have an easy to edit .emacs file?

Maybe this will help.
Here is the .emacs file created after adjust the default face background color:

(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
)
(custom-set-faces
;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
'(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "#bfbfbf" :foreground "#000000" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil verline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal :family "adobe-courier")))))


Does this help?

Here's that same post,
A face got inserted in the middle of the file.


(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
)
(custom-set-faces
;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
'(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "#bfbfbf" :foreground "#000000" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal :family "adobe-courier")))))

also
in .emacs file
sometimes where u put the line matters....
try fresh .emacs with only one line...

I hope this will solve the problem.

Go to Control Center and Appearance and themes --> Colors and them disable Apply color to non KDE applications.

That worked for me