From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 13 03:13:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14E9116A41C for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:13:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from A.J.Caines@halplant.com) Received: from lakermmtao01.cox.net (lakermmtao01.cox.net [68.230.240.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F2243D1F for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:13:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from A.J.Caines@halplant.com) Received: from mail.halplant.com ([68.105.184.54]) by lakermmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050613031326.XNSZ11036.lakermmtao01.cox.net@mail.halplant.com> for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:13:26 -0400 Received: by mail.halplant.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A8CF354A1; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:13:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:13:26 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050613031326.GI84783@hal9000.halplant.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <20050612205547.oewsb1smhjbb408c@webmail.reallm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050612205547.oewsb1smhjbb408c@webmail.reallm.com> Organization: H.A.L. Plant X-PGP-Fingerprint: C59A 2F74 1139 9432 B457 0B61 DDF2 AA61 67C3 18A1 X-Powered-by: FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE X-URL: http://halplant.com:88/ X-Yahoo-Profile: AJ_Z0 X-ICQ: 283813972 Importance: Normal User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: Re: Changing the X boot screen X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Andrew J Caines List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:13:33 -0000 Bryan, > Hey I was just wondering if there is any way to change the background when X > boots. Using age old native X tools: # xsetroot -solid black Other graphical tools and tools distributed with window managers and desktop managers have the ability to do the same thing, or to put pretty pictures and patterns in the root window, eg. # xv -max -smooth -root -quit background.png # bsetbg -tile brick.png # wmsetbg -e photo.png Add this to your .xinitrc or .xsession to have it run during startup. > I am running KDE and using KDM. I'm not sure if this is an X11 issue for > a KDM one. It's an X root window pattern issue, however just about all window managers and desktop managers have options to set root windows, though some make it much more complicated than necessary. > I know this may be a silly and simple question, I'm sorry. I just didn't know > where else to ask. . . :-( See X(7) in the EXAMPLES section, for example. -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |