From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 18 01:32:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF6116A4CE for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:32:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao08.cox.net (lakermmtao08.cox.net [68.230.240.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D3F543D1D for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:32:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.local.net ([68.11.30.24]) by lakermmtao08.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.04 201-2131-111-106-20040729) with ESMTP id <20041018013219.GEOW29128.lakermmtao08.cox.net@dolphin.local.net> for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:32:19 -0400 Received: from dolphin.local.net (localhost.local.net [127.0.0.1]) by dolphin.local.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id i9I1WIOt059292 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:32:18 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 20:32:13 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041017203213.58c649c6@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <200410180130.24762.h@erathia.be> References: <200410180032.05196.h@erathia.be> <20041017181147.0b7ca58d@dolphin.local.net> <200410180130.24762.h@erathia.be> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; amd64-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: xdm background ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:32:20 -0000 On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:30:24 +0200, h wrote: > that displays the picture until i press a key, then displays the login > box with the awful black and white frame in the background. > > i'm trying to display the picture in the background of the login box > and console log, and have it displayed until my wm shows up, kde > style. how do i achieve this ? Are you using the "-root" switch as well with xv? > On Monday 18 October 2004 01:11, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:32:05 +0200, h wrote: > > > how do you add a background picture to xdm ? > > > > > > so far i tried xli and xv in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0, both > > > don't allow the login box to pop up. > > > > Add the "-quit" switch to xv to have it exit after setting the root > > window's image. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"