Re: KDE packages and x-resources

[Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de>]

On Tuesday 17 April 2001 13:48, Stefan Schwandter wrote:
> I'm running sid.
> 
> When I use window managers like icewm, fvwm etc., the x-resources i have
> in ~/.Xresources are loaded properly on Xserver startup. The resources
> in /etc/X11/app-defaults don't seem to be loaded.
> 
> When I install the kde-packages, the opposite is the case: my
> ~/.Xresources settings aren't loaded, but xrdb -query shows a lot of
> entries that i suspect to come from app-defaults.

There's an control center item 'Apply fonts and colors to non-KDE apps'
in 'Look & Feel' -> Style.  When the item is on kde defined lot of
font and color resources (428 here).
> 
> Has this something to do with the Xsession file ?
> When I set up a personal ~/.xsession file, the ~/.Xresources are loaded.

Default KDE login does load .Xresources here:

	$ echo *foo.bar: baz >> .Xresources
	$ logout/in
	$ xrdb -query | grep foo.bar
	*foo.bar: baz
	$
:)
> 
> I hope this wasn't too confusing :-)
> 
> I would like to know what in the kde-install-procedure changes the
> behaviour of x-resources-loading.
> 
> regards, Stefan