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sinuhe
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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: Xdefaults/Xresources |
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Re: 60001
/etc/gdm/Init/Default uses -merge for xrdb, having the annoying result of ignoring my $HOME/.Xdefaults. xrdb -load "$sysresources" seems to let gdm/xrdb play nice with my local configuration.
Is there something more suitable I could have done?
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john maclean
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Um, was $home supposed to be in CAPS?
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jebba
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:29 am Post subject: |
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Ya, he meant $HOME as the environment variable:
As for the rest, I'm not sure what he's talking about. ;)
-Jeff
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sinuhe
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| Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| jebba wrote: | | As for the rest, I'm not sure what he's talking about. ;) |
xrdb -load loads the relevant configuration resource. xrdb -merge sorts, and in some cases prioritizes, said configurations, hence why I saw -merge as the culprit for gdm ignoring my .Xdefaults. (Perhaps -override -retain might have been more suitable.)
Having said that, it seems I have been living in the past. Fedora now uses (deprecating .Xdefaults?) .Xresources, ie $sysresources points to .Xresources through the new xinitrc-common file (instead of the old gdm/Init/Default) and explicitly includes $HOME/.Xresources.
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