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Subject: Xwindows defaults
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.114416.481@otago.ac.nz>
From: nicaugh@otago.ac.nz
Date: 6 Jun 91 11:44:16 NZDT
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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I have a problem with X-windows on a Decstation 3100 running ultrix 3.1,
X is is Xmfb initialiased using xdm, with uwm window manager.

The problem is that X applications are not reading my ~/.Xdefaults file.
The only way I can specify defaults is to use xrdb.
The ~/.Xdefaults file is read however if I setenv DISPLAY to be a
Iris 4D20 on our net, but never on the decstation. 
Can anyone please suggest a solution/where in the manual to find a solution.

Thanks in advance
Nigel
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Nigel Caughey                       Phone : +64-3-4799939
Animation Research Unit             Fax   : +64-3-4799915
University of Otago
Dunedin 
New Zealand                         Email : nicaugh@otago.ac.nz

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