Please note that rxvt-2.6.1-4 does not respect my ~/.Xdefaults settings. They are: # rxvt rxvt*background: black rxvt*cursorColor: blue rxvt*font: fixed rxvt*foreground: white rxvt*saveLines: 1500 rxvt*scrollBar: true
I just tested this with that exact revision of rxvt, and I had no problems getting it to use your exact settings in my ~/.Xdefaults.