I'm glad you've spoken up.  I run XFree86 on the Sparc 5 I use as an Xterminal
(running SunOS 4.1.4) and I too found that at some point in upgrading to a new
version of xlockmore, that it switched to operating in reverse video.  I also
tried requesting a reverse via various options and got no-where.  I suspect
the XFree86 folks are the one's to ask with this one...  Cheers,  -- Ken

> Having just completed my first NetBSD install on an aging IPX (for which,
> many thanks to all concerned :-), I've hit upon a trivial problem that
> reduces the utility of xlockmore somewhat.
> 
> The screen saver runs throughout with a white background.
> 
> I've been through the literature, and found only a reference to altering
> the colours for the password screen; these work, but in the inverse of
> the expected fashion. Thus specifying a 'white' background, and 'black'
> foreground, gives the traditional white text on black for password entry,
> but no-where else.
> 
> This leads me to suspect that something's loose under the bonnet,
> somewhere, but I'm clueless as to what.