xterm phenomena

[Harry Putnam]

wolfgang <GeneralP.Fault at gmx.net> writes:

> In an older episode (Tuesday 20 August 2002 00:14), Anthony Ewell wrote:
>
>> Hi Harry,
>>
>>     This is a long shot, but certain variations of XFree have
>> .Xresources superseding .Xdefaults.  Drove me nuts before
>> I figured it out.
>
> you can prevent that by
> ln -s ~/.Xdefaults ~/.Xresources
> or vice versa.

Good points both, but no .Xresources at work here.