I wish to limit my testing role as each time I start X, there's
the snap/crackle/pop ... if my mountaintop terminal blows, I must make
a two day journey to the city to buy a new one.

Also as I use the terminal then the laptop, then the terminal, with a
two day gap between each, full testing would take many days.

By the way these lines look old:
! $Xorg: Xresources,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
! $XFree86: xc/programs/xdm/config/Xres.cpp,v 1.6 2003/01/04 03:11:31 dawes Exp $

Any patch from minimalist me would remove all Font settings anyway.

Anyway, some of us are better at "reporting crime"... indeed, a new
concept for Debian: anonymous tipster bug reports...

Anyway, all these problems are merely cosmetic...