Face customisation ignored

[Mick Bert]

Hello.
I am using GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
3.22.10), in server mode, and I configured a laucher to execute a
command like

  emacsclient --create-frame --alternate-editor=emacs

When it is already running somewhere, it works perfectly. Allthough
the first time I click it, it looks different; the most evident
feature is the background (white, instead of the quite dark grey I
prefer). But the initialisazion seams ok, since all the other features
I configured work, like auto-mode-alist, or some variable value
assignments.

I suspect that what it ignore when called through --alternate-editor,
it the Xresources database.

For completeness I report here a chunk of my .emacs

(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:family "Fixed" :foundry "Misc" :slant normal :weight
normal :height 98 :width normal))))
 '(font-lock-builtin-face ((((class color) (min-colors 8))
(:foreground "#0099FF" :weight bold))))
 '(font-lock-function-name-face ((((class color) (min-colors 8))
(:foreground "cyan" :weight bold))))
 '(font-lock-keyword-face ((nil (:foreground "#00F0FF")))))

and a chunk of my .Xresources

emacs*cursorBlibk:              true
emacs*cursorColor:              #404040
emacs*font:                     -*-fixed-*-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
!emacs*font:                     -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
!emacs*font:                     -*-nimbus mono
l-medium-r-normal--0-0-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
emacs*foreground:        #404040
emacs*geometry:            140x80
emacs*reverseVideo:        true
emacs*toolBar:            true
emacs*fullscreen:        false

--
Mick