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Old 04-28-2005, 03:58 PM   #1
resego
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how do i make the aterm read the ~/.Xdefaults file


i just copied a ~/.Xdefaults file to configure aterm..but when i start aterm it does not come up with the configurations that are on the file...i have it in my home directory...
the configurations look like this...

aterm*loginShell:true
aterm*transparent:true
aterm*shading:60
aterm*background:Black
aterm*foreground:White
aterm*scrollBar:true
aterm*scrollBar_right:true
aterm*transpscrollbar:true
aterm*saveLines:32767
aterm*font:*-*-fixed-medium-r-normal--*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
aterm*boldFont:*-*-fixed-bold-r-normal--*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

any ideas?????how do i make aterm read from this file....the file was not there originally.....any ideas..........
 
Old 04-28-2005, 04:01 PM   #2
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What distro,I think debian uses .Xresources or something
 
Old 04-28-2005, 05:07 PM   #3
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did you restart X? some distros require you restart X before it will read the .Xdefaults file...
 
Old 04-28-2005, 06:02 PM   #4
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i am using fedora 3..
i even restarted the computer
 
Old 04-28-2005, 06:10 PM   #5
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okay it was just fedora being fedora...i used the Xresources instead of Xdefaults.....thanks guys...
 
Old 04-28-2005, 11:08 PM   #6
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thanks for posting back what worked...i'm sure it will help someone else out...
 
  


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