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> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:16:09 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Joe Corneli <jcorneli@mail.ma.utexas.edu>
> 
> And finally, evaluating (defined-colors) returns "nil" even though rxvt.el
> is loaded -- this seems like a potential problem.

Sounds like your terminfo entry for whatever terminal RXVT is
emulating does not fit what Emacs expects from a color-capable tty.

Does it help to read the entry in etc/PROBLEMS whose name is "Colors
are not available on a tty or in xterm"?  Does it give some ideas to
test, and if so, what are the results of those tests?