[SOLVED] xterm not reading ~/.Xresources

Apparently, .Xresources is the new file of choice for x-clients and .Xdefaults is deprecated, at least so I read on the internetz. I have tried the following in my .Xresources:
xterm*background:Black
xterm*foreground:Green
but not luck. A quick "$ strace -eopen xterm" reveals that xterm doesn't even bother reading that file anymore, but rather prefers ~/.Xdefaults-arch ???
I am thinking lol wut, What is up with that? Anyone know why xterm is behaving that way?
Anyone got xterm to work with ~/.Xresources?
Last edited by awayand (2011-06-13 18:23:10)

As far as I know, you have to use xorg-xrdb. execute xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources, e. g. in your .xinitrc, depending on how you are starting your wm. It is also not mandatory to use .Xresources. In my xinitrc I'm using the following:
xrdb -merge << "EOF"
URxvt*font:xft:monospace:size=12
URxvt*scrollBar:false
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