you need to name it ~/.Xdefaults-<your host name> and it will work Benoit Joly On 30-Jan-99 Shaleh wrote: > Why does xdm ignore my ~/.Xdefaults file? If I use startx, X sees it just > fine. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < > /dev/null