From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 8 21:41:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from brea.mc.mpls.visi.com (brea.mc.mpls.visi.com [208.42.156.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2475B37B405 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 21:41:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from sheol.localdomain (hawkeyd-fw.dsl.visi.com [208.42.101.193]) by brea.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A1B2DDB20; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 23:41:33 -0600 (CST) Received: (from hawkeyd@localhost) by sheol.localdomain (8.11.1/8.11.1) id fB95eom19777; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 23:40:50 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from hawkeyd) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 23:40:50 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200112090540.fB95eom19777@sheol.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8a Reply-To: hawkeyd@visi.com Organization: if (!FIFO) if (!LIFO) break; References: <20011207200332.371b49c4.steve_velosystems.net@ns.sol.net> In-Reply-To: <20011207200332.371b49c4.steve_velosystems.net@ns.sol.net> From: hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr) Subject: Re: transparent xconsole window X-Original-Newsgroups: sol.lists.freebsd.questions To: steve@velosystems.net, questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 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. Dave -- Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message