retitl 250537 xterm: text colors come up black-on-black tag 250537 + unreproducible moreinfo thanks On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 07:42:05PM +0200, Miquel (a.k.a Ktalà) wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 4.3.0-7 > > When the xterm package is installed, you open an xterm and you can > see a "beautiful" black console terminal with no prompt and no > characters. This is because the background color is not set > correctly. I do not experience this problem. > You have", in the /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color there I'm not sure what you're saying here. > I suggest that the *VT100*colorBD value in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color > must be white . This solves the problem (checked) Since I do not experience this problem -- and I use xterm exlcusively -- I am skeptical of your proposed solution. What happens if you do the following as root, from a virtual console?: # xinit /usr/bin/X11/xterm -- :1 vt8 What does the xterm look like then? -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Extra territorium jus dicenti branden@debian.org | impune non paretur. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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