bug#24158: Problem in set-face-attribute for whitespace mode in terminal

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Kip Coul <kipcoul@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:04:53 +0200
> Cc: 24158@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Just tried, it does not work. Here's a print screen of editing the .emacs 
> file:
> 
> 1. this works:
> Inline image 1
> 
> 2. This does not work, at first load
> Inline image 2
> 
> 3. After eval region:
> Inline image 3

Strange, it works for me even in Emacs 24.4.

However, I see that your default face background is dark (black or
similar), which is not the Emacs default.  How is that background get
set?  Do you have a site-lisp file or do you do it in .Xresources or
something?  It could be that the reason is in whatever makes the
background dark.