Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 13:49:52 +0200 (MEST) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: pvl@nanoteq.com (P. van Leeuwen) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: color in xterms Message-ID: <199705201149.NAA07054@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199705201052.MAA18433@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za> from "P. van Leeuwen" at "May 20, 97 12:52:05 pm"
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> Hi > > I know that the new xterms in 3.2 supports native color, but I'm having trouble getting it > to work. It works fine when I log in as root through xdm, but there is no color when > I log in as someone else. I have tried all the available options when open a xterm, > as well as copying .fvwm2rc, .login and .cshrc from /root to make sure all my aliases > for both users are the same. Can anyone suggest anything? Do you need to call > xterm with +cm and +dc options? BTW I can make the cursor change color, as well How about .Xdefaults and .Xresources ? Did you verify that there is a line *customization: -color in your /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm file? > as changing the background and foreground. The problem lies I am > talking about the ansi escape sequences programs like colorls use. > > thks > pierre > > > -- > Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen > Electronic Engineer > Powered By FreeBSD > ******************************** > * Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd. * > * Specialists in data security * > * E-mail : pvl@nanoteq.com * > * Ph : +27 (0)12 665-1338 * > * http://www.nanoteq.co.za * > ******************************** > > > > -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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