> I also tried 'ATerm' in place of 'XTerm', but to no avail. Aterm > remains the default white background and black foregound. try 'Aterm', not 'ATerm' (this works for me). Here's a snip from my ~/.Xresources: Aterm*background: black Aterm*foreground: white Aterm*transparent: True Aterm*shading: 40 ... > I'm running unstable (sid) btw. So do I. aterm version is 0.4.2