Not sure about reallydarkblue but darkblue does work for xterm -bg, the rgb.txt file should contain all the colors that can be used. A quick but not comprehensive search did not yield any html color codes for reallydarkblue for me.
~ Jen On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Mike Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > David Fleck wrote: > > However, my current X server seems to ignore my entry. The log says my > > modified rgb.txt is being read: > > > > X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90 > > Release Date: 5 September 2007 > > [...snippage...] > > (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb.txt" > > > > but when I try to run an xterm with my custom color, I get: > > > > #xterm -bg reallydarkblue & > > # Warning: Color name "reallydarkblue" is not defined > I'm just throwing spaghetti at the wall here, but maybe it will at least > point in the right direction. > > On my Debian box, there is a symlink from /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt to > /etcX11/rgb.txt. Is it possible this symlink is non-existent or broken? > Also, > do you know which file xterm reads from? I found a thread where someone > had to move the rgb.txt file from /user/share/X11 to /lib/X11 to as > that's where > xterm was looking for it... > > HTH > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
