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Subject: Re: Home directory has blank space, X resources not recognized
From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert AT alum DOT mit DOT edu>
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> So I have moved my Cygwin ~ (home) directory to that folder.  I
> configured nsswitch.conf as follows:
>
>     db_home:  /cygdrive/c/Users/reisert/Box%_Sync/Home
>
> Most things are working. However, my Xterms are coming up in the
> default 80x24 format with black text on a white background.  The Xwin
> server does not seem to recognize my ~/.xserverrc file which contains
> simply:

I did not state this correctly.  I should have written:

The Xwin server does not seem to recognize my ~/.Xresources file.

I can do this from an xterm:

  xrdb ~/.Xresources

Then my X resources will get loaded properly.

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert AT alum DOT mit DOT edu>, http://www.ad1c.us

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