[gentoo-user] top does not save settings

[Mick]

This is another little nuisance that I have noticed on this new amd64 laptop:

In an aterm I launch top.  Then press z c and Shift+W.  I get:

   Wrote configuration to '/home/michael/.toprc' 
   
Fine I think, Ctrl+c to end it and move on.  Next time I fire up top, even 
from the same terminal, it's all looking white with no colour, no 
highlighting, or anything else.  Why is this?  This is what the contents of 
.toprc show:
=================================
Cfile for "top with windows"           # shameless braggin'
Id:a, Mode_altscr=0, Mode_irixps=1, Delay_time=3.000, Curwin=0
        fieldscur=AEHIOQTWKNMbcdfgjplrsuvyzX
        winflags=64953, sortindx=10, maxtasks=0
        summclr=1, msgsclr=1, headclr=3, taskclr=1
        fieldscur=ABcefgjlrstuvyzMKNHIWOPQDX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=0, maxtasks=0
        summclr=6, msgsclr=6, headclr=7, taskclr=6
        fieldscur=ANOPQRSTUVbcdefgjlmyzWHIKX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=13, maxtasks=0
        summclr=5, msgsclr=5, headclr=4, taskclr=5
        fieldscur=ABDECGfhijlopqrstuvyzMKNWX
        winflags=62777, sortindx=4, maxtasks=0
        summclr=3, msgsclr=3, headclr=2, taskclr=3
================================= 

Same thing happens in xterm and konsole.
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Regards,
Mick