Re: Some work-arounds [Was: xterm mouse pointer colour won't change]

Erik Christiansen wrote:

On 21.03.12 19:09, Trent W. Buck wrote:

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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.

Is "red" in your /etc/X11/rgb.txt? (I'm pretty sure the names are case-insensitive).