Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:50:42 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Configuring xdm Message-ID: <199902041550.KAA07797@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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This is more of an XFree86 or straight X question, but since a lot of
you may have configured this for FreeBSD yada-yada....
1) I am having trouble configuring the xlogin screen that xdm starts the
way I want. I have been able to change fonts and colors, but there is
one problem I have been having with the text. I cannot seem to be able
to sneak in a newline. What annoys me, is that what works on the SGIs
does not work on the FreeBSD machines. The SGIs have,
xlogin*greeting: Welcome to %H\n\
IRIX %R
In the Xresources file for xdm. This makes a nice,
Welcome to indy
IRIX 5.3
Where 'indy' is the hostname -s, and 5.3 is the IRIX version, both
subsituted in by %-escapes.
Well, on FreeBSD, the %-escapes do not work, which I can live with. I
can use 'CLIENTHOST' to get the hostname (but how do I get the short
hostname?). But I cannot seem to get a newline in there. I have tried
using,
xlogin*greeting: Welcome to CLIENTHOST\n\FreeBSD 2.2.8
xlogin*greeting: Welcome to CLIENTHOST\n\
FreeBSD 2.2.8
xlogin*greeting: Welcome to CLIENTHOST\012\FreeBSD 2.2.8
xlogin*greeting: Welcome to CLIENTHOST\012\
FreeBSD 2.2.8
All of which just give me,
Welcome to freebsd.mydomain.org FreeBSD 2.2.8
How do I get that \n in there?
2) On this same screen, I have been unsuccessful in modifying the
geometry of the xconsole. I can change the foreground and background
colors of the xconsole just fine, so I know the Xresources are being
used. But no matter what values I might use for XConsole.geometry
I cannot change the size or the position of the xconsole. I would like
to have a small xconsole in the upper-left corner rather than the
lower-right default,
XConsole.geometry: 430x90+0+0
But after adding this and restarting xdm, no change.
Anyone been able to do these things? Thanks in advance.
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
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