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Bug#750733: Newest version sets the foreground to the background color in some cases



On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 12:16:37PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> Package: xterm
> Version: 306-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> At least in combination with clusterssh, the foreground color gets set
> to the same color than the background for prompt and some other stuff.
> Other output on the other hand gets there correct color. It is pretty
> dificult to read white commands on white background. ;-)
> 
> xterm is called with -fg and -bg on the command line from cssh. But I
> checked, they are correct.

In a quick check, I'm not able to reproduce this.
It might be related to the actual colors chosen (I tried white-on-black
and black-on-white), some other part of your xterm resources (if you've
customized), or even the escape sequences that you might have in your
bash prompt.

> I tracked that particular bug down to 306-1. 304-1 was working correct.
> 
> Further investigation shows that it is the combination with "-font 5x8".
> Using "xterm -font 5x8" lets you reproduce the error.

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