Xresources not doing anything in 13.10

[adamb.infinity]

I'm trying to understand the capabilities of .Xresources yet I cannot get it do do even the most simple of configurations. For instance, I want to be able to change the background color of my terminal.
In my .Xresources file I have:

*background: #FFFFFF

I save that and then run

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources

I have tried exiting the terminal, logging off then back on, and restarting. No luck.

I know I could change the background by using Edit-->Profile Preferences-->Colors but I want to understand Xresources

[Toz]

Which terminal program are you using? The process you list works fine for xterm (and other Xt library-derived applications). If you're using gnome-terminal or xfce4-terminal, then you're out of luck - neither terminal doesn't use Xresources to set its properties. You have to use the configuration system that the program uses.

[adamb.infinity]

Thank you. I am using gnome-terminal. I discovered I will need to use gconftool-2.