From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 9 11:41: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from darkstar.umd.edu (darkstar.umd.edu [128.8.215.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC5B37B416 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 11:41:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from glue.umd.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.umd.edu (8.11.6/8.11.4) with ESMTP id fB9Jev202240; Sun, 9 Dec 2001 14:40:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bfoz@glue.umd.edu) Message-ID: <3C13BE49.2BBC2097@glue.umd.edu> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 14:40:57 -0500 From: Brandon Fosdick X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hawkeyd@visi.com Cc: steve@velosystems.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: transparent xconsole window References: <20011207200332.371b49c4.steve_velosystems.net@ns.sol.net> <200112090540.fB95eom19777@sheol.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG D J Hawkey Jr wrote: > > In article <20011207200332.371b49c4.steve_velosystems.net@ns.sol.net>, > steve@velosystems.net writes: > > Is there a way to make the xconsole window, used when logging in via xdm, > > to use a transparent background so the desktop graphic shows through? > > rxvt does "transparent" windows (if built with the option), xterm does not. > > They both support the "-C" command line switch, but darned if I can get > either of them to capture anything from the console. Eterm can handle it just fine. There's even instructions... http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/tips/#logger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message