On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 23:17:27 +1100 "Brendan O'Dea" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't recall having to use .Xdefaults-`hostname` in the past, but it > certainly behaves that way now. Maybe this is to support NFS mounted > homedirs? In any case, I can't think of a case where I've ever wanted to > change the behaviour of an X program based on which host it was executed > from. > > Consider using .Xresources rather than .Xdefaults: the former are loaded > into the X server, so are linked to a particular display environment, > whereas the latter are set based on the client. > Thanks! .Xresources works using ssh -x. I thought that my window manager would automatically load .Xresources, but it doesn't do so. Modifying my .xinitrc fixes the problem. [snip lots of irrelevant text] -- Gary Jennejohn
