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. With startx/fwvm, the app-defaults for xterm appear on my machine as black-on-white. (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). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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