Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:10:09 +0100 (CET) From: Riccardo Veraldi <riccardo@righi.ml.org> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Configuring xdm Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902041709400.14775-100000@righi.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199902041550.KAA07797@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Why don;t u try to use a program called xbanner?? it is not on te ports but if you search it and get it and compile under freebsd it works perfect. Rick On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > 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 > > 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
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