Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 16:11:38 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: xdm Configuration Message-ID: <19991209161138.C12088@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199912090305.WAA58663@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>; from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com on Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 10:05:19PM -0500 References: <199912090305.WAA58663@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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On Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 10:05:19PM -0500, Crist J. Clark wrote:
[...]
> The second problem is the root screen. It's that ugly dithered grey
> that X defaults to. I'd just like to make that a simple solid
> color... almost _any_ color. I would think that should be really
> simple, but I have yet to track down where to slip in such a setting
> in the xdm startup.
Add a line in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 which reads:
xsetroot -solid DarkSlateGrey
Or you could add a picture:
xv -root -quit -rmode 5 /usr/X11R6/etc/Background
Jonathan Chen
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