Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 07:46:27 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: SimsS@Infi.Net, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Q} xdm root window on local console Message-ID: <199610301346.HAA20887@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961029232258.369s-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Oct 29, 96 11:29:14 pm"
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In a previous message, Doug White said:
> On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Steve Sims wrote:
>
> > 1) How can I (or *can I*) set a picture in the root window on the local
> > console while it sits waiting for a user to log in? I'd like to have 'Chuck'
> > sitting quietly under the login dialog so people knew what was under the
> > X-covers.
>
> I assume you'd have to hack xdm to do that. Take a look at the xdm man
> page and see what you can find; I'm looking and don't see anything
> regarding root image or background anything.
It's much easier than that. You can change the background anyway you want
with xdm, simply add the proper command to /usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
Such commands:
xsetroot -solid blue &
or
xpmroot Kewl-graphic.xpm &
or
xv -root -quit {gif|jpeg|whathaveyou}
Xpmroot comes with fvwm. Xv is, of course in ports (and packages). There
are about a million options to xv, so I'm not going to go into that.
> > 2) Assuming I can do 1) above, anyone have a pointer to a kewl graphic to
> > use? (I use `xearth` on *my* sessions, so individual sessions don't matter,
> > but on the console I'd like to see some graphic that represents "Powered by
> > FreeBSD".
>
> I don't think X is that smart. I'd have to be through your window
> manager.
xearth could also go into the Xsetup_0 file.
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