[SOLVED] .Xresources refuses to load except when loaded manually

Question

I'm running i3+SLiM with my URxvt config in .Xresources and
xrdb -merge ~./Xresources
in my .xinitrc but every time I start i3, the config is not loaded and URxvt appears in its default form.  When I open the terminal and type the same xrdb command any subsequent terminals I open (even after closing the original) are now using the correct configuration.
I've tried all of the variations I've seen on various help threads including -load and
[[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
to no avail.
Any help is much appreciated!
EDIT: I can also put it in my .zshrc and watch as the first window is default and every other terminal I open is configured...
Last edited by 3mpach3r (2014-09-26 13:52:39)

Answer 1

.xinitrc
exec i3
[[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
.Xresources
! URxvt*termName: string
! URxvt*geometry: geometry
! URxvt*chdir: string
! URxvt*reverseVideo: boolean
! URxvt*loginShell: boolean
! URxvt*jumpScroll: boolean
! URxvt*skipScroll: boolean
! URxvt*pastableTabs: boolean
! URxvt*scrollstyle: mode
URxvt*scrollBar: false
! URxvt*scrollBar_right: boolean
! URxvt*scrollBar_floating: boolean
! URxvt*scrollBar_align: mode
URxvt*thickness: 0
! URxvt*scrollTtyOutput: boolean
! URxvt*scrollTtyKeypress: boolean
! URxvt*scrollWithBuffer: boolean
! URxvt*inheritPixmap: boolean
! URxvt*transparent: boolean
! URxvt*tintColor: color
! URxvt*shading: number
! URxvt*blurRadius: HxV
! URxvt*fading: number
! URxvt*fadeColor: color
! URxvt*utmpInhibit: boolean
! URxvt*urgentOnBell: boolean
! URxvt*visualBell: boolean
! URxvt*mapAlert: boolean
! URxvt*meta8: boolean
! URxvt*mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean
! URxvt*tripleclickwords: boolean
! URxvt*insecure: boolean
! URxvt*cursorUnderline: boolean
! URxvt*cursorBlink: boolean
! URxvt*pointerBlank: boolean
URxvt*background: #050505
URxvt*foreground: #eeeeee
! URxvt*color0: color
! URxvt*color1: color
! URxvt*color2: color
! URxvt*color3: color
! URxvt*color4: color
! URxvt*color5: color
! URxvt*color6: color
! URxvt*color7: color
! URxvt*color8: color
! URxvt*color9: color
! URxvt*color10: color
! URxvt*color11: color
! URxvt*color12: color
! URxvt*color13: color
! URxvt*color14: color
! URxvt*color15: color
! URxvt*colorBD: color
! URxvt*colorIT: color
! URxvt*colorUL: color
! URxvt*colorRV: color
! URxvt*underlineColor: color
! URxvt*scrollColor: color
! URxvt*troughColor: color
! URxvt*highlightColor: color
! URxvt*highlightTextColor: color
! URxvt*cursorColor: color
! URxvt*cursorColor2: color
! URxvt*pointerColor: color
! URxvt*pointerColor2: color
! URxvt*borderColor: color
! URxvt*iconFile: file
! URxvt*font: fontname
! URxvt*boldFont: fontname
! URxvt*italicFont: fontname
! URxvt*boldItalicFont: fontname
! URxvt*intensityStyles: boolean
! URxvt*inputMethod: name
! URxvt*preeditType: style
! URxvt*imLocale: string
! URxvt*imFont: fontname
! URxvt*title: string
! URxvt*iconName: string
! URxvt*saveLines: number
! URxvt*buffered: boolean
! URxvt*depth: number
! URxvt*visual: number
! URxvt*transient-for: windowid
! URxvt*override-redirect: boolean
! URxvt*hold: boolean
! URxvt*externalBorder: number
! URxvt*internalBorder: number
! URxvt*borderLess: boolean
! URxvt*lineSpace: number
! URxvt*letterSpace: number
! URxvt*skipBuiltinGlyphs: boolean
! URxvt*pointerBlankDelay: number
! URxvt*backspacekey: string
! URxvt*deletekey: string
! URxvt*print-pipe: string
! URxvt*modifier: modifier
! URxvt*cutchars: string
! URxvt*answerbackString: string
! URxvt*secondaryScreen: boolean
! URxvt*secondaryScroll: boolean
! URxvt*perl-lib: string
! URxvt*perl-eval: perl-eval
! URxvt*perl-ext-common: string
! URxvt*perl-ext: string
! URxvt*iso14755: boolean
! URxvt*iso14755_52: boolean
! URxvt*xrm: string
! URxvt*keysym.sym: keysym
! URxvt*background.border: boolean
! URxvt*background.expr: string
! URxvt*background.interval: seconds
! URxvt*bell-command: string
! URxvt*matcher.button: string
! URxvt*matcher.launcher: string
! URxvt*matcher.launcher.*: string
! URxvt*matcher.pattern.*: string
! URxvt*matcher.rend.*: string
! URxvt*remote-clipboard.fetch: string
! URxvt*remote-clipboard.store: string
! URxvt*searchable-scrollback: string
! URxvt*selection-autotransform.*: string
! URxvt*selection-pastebin.cmd: string
! URxvt*selection-pastebin.url: string
! URxvt*selection.pattern-0: string
! URxvt*tab-bg: colour
! URxvt*tab-fg: colour
! URxvt*tabbar-bg: colour
! URxvt*tabbar-fg: colour
! URxvt*url-launcher: string