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Bug#250537: Xterm configuration error in XTerm-color



On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 08:50:00PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 08:00:15PM +0200, Miquel (a.k.a Ktal) 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.
> > 
> > You have", in the /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color there
> > 
> >   I suggest that the *VT100*colorBD value in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color
> > must be white . This solves the problem (checked)
> > 
> >   I am using Debian sid GNU/Linux , kernel 2.6.4.
> 
> I'm assuming you're using xdm or something like that.

Well, I use xdm and have *never* seen this.

> (I was running gdm recently for a while, but disabled that since the two
> versions of gnome - on Debian and Redhat - insist on trashing the other's
> desktop settings).

Ugh.  :(

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