From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Mar 23 17:12:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA01510 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:12:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from miro.bestweb.net (miro.bestweb.net [209.94.100.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01417 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:11:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from prw@bestweb.net) Received: from turner.bestweb.net (turner.bestweb.net [209.94.100.33]) by miro.bestweb.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA11478 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:05:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <039001bd56c1$77184cc0$21645ed1@turner.bestweb.net> From: "Paul Wilson" To: Subject: Re: Desktop setup hints Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:09:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It all depends on what you use for your Window Manager. If you're using something like fvwm, you really should take a look at http://www.kde.org, it's the best window manager I've found and you can switch backgrounds easily. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: Nawaf Razak To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Monday, March 23, 1998 8:03 PM Subject: Desktop setup hints Hmmm cant say I found much on the setup process for the x desktop. For example lets say I have a background image i like located in the folder /junk now I want this image to be ehh the background image for my desktop everytime I run startx.. where do I go one about it ..? the .xinitrc ??? Okay if it then how ? wonder if there are any documents on that topic or not.. cant say that the book version is very helpful. Thanx for your time. Best Regards shesha "Politicians should be allocated with PIDS kill them when u find no use to them" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message