From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 23:29:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA11309 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:29:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA11297 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:29:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00777; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:29:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:29:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: SimsS@Infi.Net cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Q} xdm root window on local console In-Reply-To: <199610251731.NAA08806@mh004.infi.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Steve Sims wrote: > 1) How can I (or *can I*) set a picture in the root window on the local > console while it sits waiting for a user to log in? I'd like to have 'Chuck' > sitting quietly under the login dialog so people knew what was under the > X-covers. I assume you'd have to hack xdm to do that. Take a look at the xdm man page and see what you can find; I'm looking and don't see anything regarding root image or background anything. > 2) Assuming I can do 1) above, anyone have a pointer to a kewl graphic to > use? (I use `xearth` on *my* sessions, so individual sessions don't matter, > but on the console I'd like to see some graphic that represents "Powered by > FreeBSD". I don't think X is that smart. I'd have to be through your window manager. > 3) What's the seminal 'X for Dummies" book at which I should be looking? I honestly don't know offhand. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major