From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 30 05:46:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA21629 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 05:46:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA21619 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 05:46:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA20887; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 07:46:27 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199610301346.HAA20887@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: [Q} xdm root window on local console To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 07:46:27 -0600 (CST) Cc: SimsS@Infi.Net, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "Oct 29, 96 11:29:14 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030