xterm problem

[Heinrich Rebehn]

Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> Thilo Six wrote:
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>> Heinrich Rebehn schrieb am 01.02.2006 14:19:
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>>> Hi all,
>>
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>> <snip>
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>> I run Ubuntu Breezy and my xterm with running mc looks like this:
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>>> http://www.ant.uni-bremen.de/~rebehn/xterm-sarge.jpg
>>>
>>> Two problems can be seen:
>>>
>>> - the highlighted fonts are almost unreadable
>>> - the scrollbar has wrong size
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>>
>>
>>
>> I guess through login via ssh you have a different home as well?
>> Do you have a ~/.Xdefaults?
>>
>>
>>> Since both xterms are displayed on the same Xserver, it cannot be a font
>>> issue.
>>>
> Sorry, i should have mentioned: The (automounted) home directory is the 
> same on both hosts.
> 
> Doing an "strace -o /tmp/xterm.trace -f -e trace=file xterm" revealed 
> that xterm is looking for "/home/rebehn/.Xdefaults-bremerhaven", not for 
> ~/.Xdefaults. Strange.
> 
> Anyway, you can see my .Xdefaults at:
> 
> http://www.ant.uni-bremen.de/~rebehn/.Xdefaults
> 
> and .Xresources at: http://www.ant.uni-bremen.de/~rebehn/.Xresources
> 
> Both contain mostly cruft. I should really clean them up.
> 
> Anyway, i cannot see any reason for the visible differences. Also, the 
> app-defaults files are almost identical:
> 
> rebehn at bremerhaven [~]: diff /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm 
> /misc/linux/debian-etch/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm
> 10,13d9
> < !
> < ! SuSEs default behaviour (See Ubuntu #11316)
> < !
> < *charClass:  33:48,37:48,43:48,45-47:48,64:48,126:48,95:48
> 119,122d114
> < ! Debian package customizations follow.
> < *backarrowKeyIsErase: true
> < *ptyInitialErase: true
> <
> 127a120,123
>  > ! Debian package customizations follow.
>  > *backarrowKeyIsErase: true
>  > *ptyInitialErase: true
> 
> 
> BTW, the Debian distribution involved is Etch, not Sarge - sorry.
> 
> Any more ideas?
> 
> --Heinrich
> 
Update: I repeated the experiment with a 'blank' user (no config files). 
Results are the same. It really seems that xterm (or one of its 21 
libraries) is to blame.
What else should i check? Or should i file a bug report?

Thanks for any hints,

	Heinrich