On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Marco Guazzone <marco.guazzone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> I've just installed FC10... beautiful! >> >> Actually I've only a problem with xterm. >> Each time I start xterm, I get an xterm completely black (both >> background and foreground). >> However, after typing something and pressing enter, for instance: >> $ ls <ENTER> >> the prompt is visible and bg/fg colors are right (grey/black respectively). >> (Note: a simple terminal "clear" or ^L doesn't work). >> >> This problem doesn't happen with gnome-terminal. >> >> I use a custom ".Xresources" file (the same I used in FC9) but I don't >> think this is the cause of the problem. >> >> Any idea? >> >> Thanks!! >> >> -- Marco > > Hi! > > nobody experience this problem? > Any help is very appreciated!! > > thanks! > > -- Marco > I think this is a problem related to Xft fonts. If I remove my .Xresources file and run from a terminal "xterm", there's no black screen. But if I start xterm by specifying a TrueType font: $ xterm -fa "monospace" (or: $ xterm -fa "Courier New" $ xterm -fa "monospace" -cjk_width $ xterm -fa "times" ... ) I get the black screen problem. I think this is the time to submit a bug -- Marco -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
