where can i find .Xdefaults or .Xresources?

asilentmurmur · 08-03-2006, 12:53 AM

Hey everyone. I am having trouble configuring my Eterm so i can have a transparent background. Where can i find the .Xdefaults or .Xresources file? When i type in: vi ~/.Xdefaults

it opens up a blank file
the samehappens when i type in ~/.Xresources.

I am using slack 10.2 with Fluxbox..any suggestions as to what i should be doing?

kodon · 08-03-2006, 01:05 AM

`man X`...

asilentmurmur · 08-03-2006, 01:14 AM

it says man command not found ;[ i did install all the man pages i just dunno why the actual command never works

ciotog · 08-03-2006, 01:27 AM

Neither of those are present by default with Slackware. You have to create them yourself. If you're setting up multiple users and you don't want to write each from scratch each time you can put premade ones in /etc/skel but that's beside the point...

If the man command doesn't work for you then that's a sign you've got some problems... It should be in /usr/bin

asilentmurmur · 08-03-2006, 01:31 AM

ya i cant find man in /usr/bin

how do i get that installed?

Nylex · 08-03-2006, 01:33 AM

Get the man-<version> package from any Slackware mirror and install it using "installpkg filename.tgz". Edit: it'll be in the slackware-10.2/slackware/ap folder on the mirrors.

Edit: check that it really isn't installed with "ls /var/log/packages | grep man".

asilentmurmur · 08-03-2006, 02:00 AM

Well i got the man command to work, just when i type in man X

or man ls

or man [command]

it gives me this blank page, with no text in it..what am i doing wrong?

Nylex · 08-03-2006, 02:01 AM

Do you have groff installed?

asilentmurmur · 08-03-2006, 02:07 AM

ya i just installed groff , and i ran man X

still the same problem

ciotog · 08-03-2006, 02:13 AM

Do you have anything in /usr/man ? Specifically man1 directory full of man pages?

asilentmurmur · 08-03-2006, 02:16 AM

ya i have a bunch of man files and cat folders and other stuff

asilentmurmur · 08-03-2006, 02:30 AM

man1 is full of a bunch of *.gz files which seem to be manpages. I did not extract the files to see what they were.

ciotog · 08-03-2006, 11:43 AM

What's the result of the following:

Code:

echo $MANPATH

This should be set in /etc/profile to /usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man but some of the scripts in /etc/profile.d/ do add to it. Maybe this environment variable is being wiped out somewhere...

At any rate, you can still read the manpage for X by executing "man /usr/X11/man/man7/X.7.gz"

ciotog · 08-03-2006, 11:50 AM

Or I suppose you could just read this: http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/manpath1.html

asilentmurmur · 08-05-2006, 07:34 PM

Well it looks like my man command is working now! thanks guys for all your help on that. So how do i find .Xdefaults or .Xresources? Do i have to create one myself? if yes where can i find a good sample one so i can copy and paste the code into my text editor?