default ~/.Xresources added.

pi4/build/README.md

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ If the build is interrupted, run `sudo umount -R /mnt && sudo losetup -D` to be
 - **Packages**: Edit the package list inside `pi4/build/build-stormux.sh` (search for `pacman -Su --needed`). Add or remove entries as needed, then rebuild.
 - **Package sources**: The build does not fetch or compile packages from the AUR. Packages are installed from the official Arch Linux ARM repositories or the Stormux repository. The finished image includes `yay`, but it is installed as a prebuilt package from the Stormux repository and is not used during the build.
 - **First-boot behavior**: Modify `pi4/files/usr/local/bin/configure-stormux` to change the guided setup that runs when the image boots the first time.
+- **X resources**: `pi4/files/etc/skel/.Xresources` is installed in the default user's home and `/etc/skel`, so newly created users inherit it too.
 
 Remember to keep permissions sensible (`chmod 755` for scripts, `644` for configs) so rsync copies them correctly.
 

pi4/build/build-stormux.sh

@@ -603,6 +603,8 @@ install_rhvoice_english_fixes
 
 # Copy skel files to stormux user home (after user rename in chroot)
 find ../files/etc/skel/ -mindepth 1 -exec cp -rv "{}" /mnt/home/stormux/ \;
+install -Dm644 ../files/etc/skel/.Xresources /mnt/etc/skel/.Xresources
+arch-chroot /mnt chown stormux:users /home/stormux/.Xresources
 
 # Copy boot files again to ensure custom config overrides any package changes
 cp -rv ../files/boot/* /mnt/boot

pi4/files/etc/skel/.Xresources

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+! Start in Unicode
+XTerm*utf8: 1
+UXTerm*utf8: 1
+! Use white-on-black colors
+XTerm.vt100.reverseVideo: true
+UXTerm.vt100.reverseVideo: true
+! XTerm already has 256 colors support
+!   We ask it to set the correct $TERM XTerm.termName: xterm-256color
+UXTerm.termName: xterm-256color
+! Start with maximized window
+xterm*maximized: true
+! Make Alt key behave like in other terminals
+XTerm.vt100.altIsNotMeta: true
+UXTerm.vt100.altIsNotMeta: true
+XTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape: true
+UXTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape: true
+URxvt.perl-ext-common: "default, -searchable-scrollback"
+URxvt.font: xft:terminus:size=16
+*VT100.Translations: #override \
+              <Key>BackSpace: string(0x7F)\n\
+              <Key>Delete:    string("\033[3~")\n\
+              <Key>Home:      string("\033[1~")\n\
+              <Key>End:       string("\033[4~")\n\
+              Ctrl Shift <Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)
+*ttyModes: erase ^?

x86_64/README.md

@@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ Edit `packages.x86_64` and add package names (one per line).
 Place files in `airootfs/` following the target filesystem structure.
 The x86_64 build uses this overlay directly.
 
+### Default X Resources
+
+Keep `airootfs/etc/skel.stormux/.Xresources` and
+`airootfs/home/stormux/.Xresources` identical. The home copy supplies the live
+user's defaults. During ISO creation, the skeleton copy is placed in
+`/etc/skel`; `install-stormux` copies it into the target's `/etc/skel` after
+package installation and before creating users. All users created with new
+home directories by the installer inherit `~/.Xresources`, regardless of the
+selected desktop or partition layout. Users created later with `useradd -m`
+inherit it as well. Reused home directories keep their existing files.
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 ### Build fails with GPG errors

x86_64/airootfs/etc/skel.stormux/.Xresources

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+! Start in Unicode
+XTerm*utf8: 1
+UXTerm*utf8: 1
+! Use white-on-black colors
+XTerm.vt100.reverseVideo: true
+UXTerm.vt100.reverseVideo: true
+! XTerm already has 256 colors support
+!   We ask it to set the correct $TERM XTerm.termName: xterm-256color
+UXTerm.termName: xterm-256color
+! Start with maximized window
+xterm*maximized: true
+! Make Alt key behave like in other terminals
+XTerm.vt100.altIsNotMeta: true
+UXTerm.vt100.altIsNotMeta: true
+XTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape: true
+UXTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape: true
+URxvt.perl-ext-common: "default, -searchable-scrollback"
+URxvt.font: xft:terminus:size=16
+*VT100.Translations: #override \
+              <Key>BackSpace: string(0x7F)\n\
+              <Key>Delete:    string("\033[3~")\n\
+              <Key>Home:      string("\033[1~")\n\
+              <Key>End:       string("\033[4~")\n\
+              Ctrl Shift <Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)
+*ttyModes: erase ^?

x86_64/airootfs/home/stormux/.Xresources

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+! Start in Unicode
+XTerm*utf8: 1
+UXTerm*utf8: 1
+! Use white-on-black colors
+XTerm.vt100.reverseVideo: true
+UXTerm.vt100.reverseVideo: true
+! XTerm already has 256 colors support
+!   We ask it to set the correct $TERM XTerm.termName: xterm-256color
+UXTerm.termName: xterm-256color
+! Start with maximized window
+xterm*maximized: true
+! Make Alt key behave like in other terminals
+XTerm.vt100.altIsNotMeta: true
+UXTerm.vt100.altIsNotMeta: true
+XTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape: true
+UXTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape: true
+URxvt.perl-ext-common: "default, -searchable-scrollback"
+URxvt.font: xft:terminus:size=16
+*VT100.Translations: #override \
+              <Key>BackSpace: string(0x7F)\n\
+              <Key>Delete:    string("\033[3~")\n\
+              <Key>Home:      string("\033[1~")\n\
+              <Key>End:       string("\033[4~")\n\
+              Ctrl Shift <Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)
+*ttyModes: erase ^?

x86_64/airootfs/usr/local/bin/install-stormux

@@ -1467,6 +1467,10 @@ install_base_system() {
 
     copy_rhvoice_english_fixes
 
+    # Populate the target skeleton before configure_system creates users.
+    log_info "Installing default X resources"
+    install -Dm644 /etc/skel/.Xresources "$mountPoint/etc/skel/.Xresources"
+
     # Generate or preserve fstab
     if [[ "$useExistingMount" == true ]]; then
         if grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]*[^#[:space:]]' "$mountPoint/etc/fstab" 2>/dev/null; then