Thanks to all who answered. Actually I checked the hole thing with xrdb -merge and then renamed my .Xdefaults to .Xressources. Additionally I learned another command "xrdb". Thanks. Peter -- P.Malewski, Maschplatz 8, 38114 Braunschweig, Tel.: 0531 500965, At work: (MH-Hannover): 0511 532 3194 / Fax: 0511 532 3190, P.Malewski@tu-bs.de, peter.malewski@gmx.de, malewski.peter@mh-hannover.de.