On 21.03.12 19:09, Trent W. Buck wrote:
xinit /usr/bin/xterm -ms red -- /usr/bin/Xorg :1
Thanks for that, Trent. There also, the pointer fails to acquire any colour. It does seem that xterm does not honour the option.
Incidentally, one google hit mentioned a bug in the Mint distro which caused "-ms" to do nothing. While that was a couple of years back, perhaps it's present in ubuntu as well.
I can't comment on that unless you cite the URL.
It was only a passing observation which I hadn't researched in depth. A quick check, now, for "xterm -ms" on ubuntu's launchpad site showed no full matches. But then, google doesn't seem to find a "-ms" either, so I think I'll just go back to what I'm trying to achieve, rather than futz any more. Thanks again for your insight. Erik -- Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to _think_. - Terry Pratchett, "Small Gods"