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Re: xrdb



Once upon a time, I heard Goeman Stefan say

Just use .Xresources instead of .Xdefault will do the work. Xsession,
Gnome, and other debian, may be, X start up script honor your setting in
.Xresources, see /etc/X11/Xsession, /etc/xdm, /etc/gdm for the script

Chanop

> Hello Everybody,
> 
> 
> I have put some things in a file .Xdefaults. I know that in order to make
> these settings active I have to do
> "xrdb .Xdefaults". This is no problem. The problem is that I want this
> command to be executed automatically 
> when I login in a gnome session.
> 
> Therefore I have created the file .xsession as follows (PS: I use gdm):
> 
> xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults
> exec gnome-session
> 
> This does not seem to work.
> 
> 
> Also, I have tried to put the "xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults" line into the
> .bash-profile (or .bashrc) file.
> Now I first have to start a terminal window in order to activate the
> settings in .Xdefaults.
> 
> My question is, where do I have to put "xrdb $HOME/.Xdefaults" in order to
> have this executed when I log in a gnome session ?
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Stefan Goeman.
> 
> 
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