Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> After starting the 'gnome-settings-daemon' (version 2.4.0, package 
> gnome-control-center 2.4.0-4) 'xterm' does not take the settings of 
> '.Xdefaults'.  Ending the gnome-settings-daemon does not help.
> My entries in '.Xdefaults' are:
> XTerm*font:             9x15
> XTerm*VT100*geometry:   80x24+0-0

> You probably want to rename .Xdefaults to .Xresources.

even with this change, the settings are incorrect.  The "*" is unnecessarily
general, will conflict with other settings (and sometimes work, sometimes not).

Something like

  XTerm.font:             9x15
  XTerm.VT100.geometry:   80x24+0-0

is probably what was intended.

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Thomas E. Dickey
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