RE: emacs not obeying .Xdefaults in debian

["Larry Elmore" <ljelmore@prodigy.net>]

> From: Suresh Kumar.R [mailto:sudhas@md3.vsnl.net.in]
>
> When I start emacs in a debian machine, it is not obeying .Xdefaults file
> in the home directory. It takes the .Xdefaults file, if it is named as
> .Xdefaults-fully.qualified.machine.name
>
> Whereas, in a Redhat linux machine, emacs obeys the plain .Xdefaults.
>
> Any solutions to use .Xdefaults only. ( I have lots of machines in the
> network and I cannot have .Xdefaults-machine name corresponding to all
> machines in all accounts)

I had same problem. I used .Xresources file instead, and everything worked
fine.

Larry