From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 8 19:35: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lh2.rdc1.bc.home.com (ha2.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com [24.2.10.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9D415300 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 19:35:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schan_ca@geocities.com) Received: from geocities.com ([24.113.221.147]) by lh2.rdc1.bc.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with ESMTP id <19991209033503.VVGR22856.lh2.rdc1.bc.home.com@geocities.com> for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 19:35:03 -0800 Message-ID: <384F26AE.5E91EC42@geocities.com> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 19:49:02 -0800 From: stephen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.6 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: xdm Configuration References: <199912090305.WAA58663@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <19991209161138.C12088@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Jonathan "xv -root -quit -rmode 5 /usr/X11R6/etc/Background" I got the "-root" part, but what is "-quit" and "-rmode 5" for ? Thanks Stephen ================================================ Jonathan Chen wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Everything in excess, moderation is for monks!" > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message