Description of problem: After a session was opened one can find in ~/.xsession-errors: xrdb: "*Label.background" on line 220 overrides entry on line 150 xrdb: "*Label.foreground" on line 232 overrides entry on line 151 xrdb: "*Label.background" on line 220 overrides entry on line 150 xrdb: "*Label.foreground" on line 232 overrides entry on line 151 xrdb: "*Label.background" on line 220 overrides entry on line 150 xrdb: "*Label.foreground" on line 232 overrides entry on line 151 and xrdb: "*Text.background" on line 226 overrides entry on line 191 xrdb: "*Text.foreground" on line 238 overrides entry on line 192 xrdb: "*Text.background" on line 226 overrides entry on line 191 xrdb: "*Text.foreground" on line 238 overrides entry on line 192 xrdb: "*Text.background" on line 226 overrides entry on line 191 xrdb: "*Text.foreground" on line 238 overrides entry on line 192 It is not that clear what these lines refer to but relative offsets indicate that /usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon/xrdb/Xaw.ad entries override those from /usr/share/gnome-settings-daemon/xrdb/Tk.ad. Look at this: $ grep -n \\*Label.....ground * Tk.ad:36:*Label.background: BACKGROUND Tk.ad:37:*Label.foreground: FOREGROUND Xaw.ad:4:*Label.background: BACKGROUND Xaw.ad:16:*Label.foreground: FOREGROUND $ grep -n \\*Text.....ground * Tk.ad:77:*Text.background: WINDOW_BACKGROUND Tk.ad:78:*Text.foreground: WINDOW_FOREGROUND Xaw.ad:10:*Text.background: WINDOW_BACKGROUND Xaw.ad:22:*Text.foreground: WINDOW_FOREGROUND Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-settings-daemon-2.25.3-2.fc11
Thinking about it if a content of subsequent files would be added with 'xrdb -merge' then a presence of duplicate entries should be not an issue.
Filed upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=566610 As this isn't a problem that will affect functionality, it will be fixed in rawhide when the patch has been merged upstream and released.