Reflections X xterm display

[Youlette Etienne_2]

I execute the following command to open a graphics window:

xterm -fg White -bg Navy -display hostname:0.0 &

The problem is that in the new window, I cannot see any characters. I can only see the cursor moving, but nothing appears on the screen when typing. Once I blindly type in a command correctly to run a graphics program, this works, but I cannot see anything but the cursor in the xterm window. How can I resolve this?

[Chan 007]

Try setting

TERM=hp
export TERM

then do a
resize

Any luck.

[Muthukumar_5]

What is setting you are having in shell?

# echo ${TERM}
# echo ${DISPLAY}

DISPLAY:

You have to set as,

# export DISPLAY=:0.0
# export TERM=ansi

# xterm -fg White -bg Navy &

It will work.
--
Muthu

[Youlette Etienne_2]

Chan:

How do I resize?

Setting TERM=hp did not work

Muthu:

Your method did not work either.

[Pete Randall]

It doesn't seem to care for the "-bg Navy". Try "xterm -fg White -display hostname:0.0 &"


Pete

[Youlette Etienne_2]

I tried "xterm -fg White" and various color combinations, still did not work.

I have Reflections X version 10.0 installed on my desktop. I log into one server via Reflections X, then I create telnet actions to log into the other unix servers.

In earlier versions of Reflections X with the above home session set, I would telnet into another server and run the "xterm" command with no problems. This stopped working with Reflections 10.0.

Now I have to log into each server, then select "terminal" from the "Personal Actions".

I am comparing the environment settings via "terminal" against the telnet login environment settings for variations.

Any additional suggestions?

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Youlette,

Check this doc.

http://support.wrq.com/techdocs/1639.html

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Youlette Etienne_2]

Thanks for the doc. I tried the xterm recommendation and I still get the same issue. The xterm example used requires me to run an additional application, e.g., xclock, which I am not running. I will have to research this more when I have some time.

[Bill Hassell]

It's important to note that window color names are shortcuts to the exact color descriptions. To avoid issues with color names (white and black should work just fine) you can specify the colors as hex values.

A second possibility is with the PC's color management system. Once Windows runs out of colors, substitutions will occur and often the substitute matches another major color (ie, navy on top of navy). Start with a look st the Reflection/X logfile - you may see the problem there. It will be in My Documents -> Reflection. To resolve color issues (remember that Windows has some significant color limitations in some modes even with a high-end video card), go to the Settings -> Color and check if is selected. If that doesn't help, try PseudoColor and then TrueColor.