Bug 52832

Summary:	gdm does not read .Xdefaults
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Lars Weiler (RETIRED) <pylon>
Component:	[OLD] GNOME	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	x11
Priority:	High
Version:	2004.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-02 16:52:28 UTC

Since upgrade to gdm-2.4.4.7-r1 the ~/.Xdefaults (wich xterm-settings and a lot more of config) will not be read any more.

I edited the /etc/X11/gdm/Xsession, so that ~/.Xdefaults will be read again (like .Xresources).

General question: Is .Xdefaults deprecated and only .Xresources should be used?  Otherwise it would be nice to include the .Xdefaults again.

Comment 1 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-03 02:41:47 UTC

afaik .Xresources is what .Xdefaults used to be & the latter is indeed deprecated.

Spyderous, do you know anything more about that ?

Comment 2 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-03 13:56:25 UTC

These two commands are fairly revealing:

grep '.Xdefaults' -r /etc/X11/
grep '.Xresources' -r /etc/X11/

All our config stuff uses the latter, so I suggest you do too. I'm not sure on the history of it, but I can confirm that .Xresources is what to use now.

Comment 3 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-03 14:39:59 UTC

Thanks for your information, guys.

I will just close this bug and tell it to other users who have the same problem ;-)