Please note that xterm looks for ~/.Xdefaults-<hostname>, not ~/.Xdefaults:
ik5...@penny:~ $ strace xterm >pippo 2>&1 ik5...@penny:~ $ grep Xdefault pippo open("/home/ik5pvx/.Xdefaults-penny", O_RDONLY) = 4 Setting "*customization: -color" in there solves this. Another workaround is to: cat /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm > ~/XTerm and comment out the call to include XTerm at the beginning: !#include "XTerm" Pf -- xterm background colour used to be black, now white https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421261 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xterm in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp