Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:30:17 -0700 From: Andrew Marks <amracks@gmail.com> To: Bryan Maynard <bryan.maynard@reallm.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the X boot screen Message-ID: <4415e9c105070508307259a140@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200507050045.13964.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> References: <20050612205547.oewsb1smhjbb408c@webmail.reallm.com> <20050613031326.GI84783@hal9000.halplant.com> <200507050045.13964.bryan.maynard@reallm.com>
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On 7/4/05, Bryan Maynard <bryan.maynard@reallm.com> wrote: > On Monday 13 June 2005 03:13 am, Andrew J Caines wrote: > >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 looked for my .xinitrc and .xsession files and didn't find them. Is there > anywhere specifically I should look? Can I create the file myself, and if I > can which file should I create and where? Is there anything besides the "xv" > line that needs to be put in the file (I installed xv from ports)? > > > 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. > > I tried "man X" and was told there was no manual entry for X. > > >-Andrew- > > Thanks, > > Bryan > -- > Open Source: by the people, for the people. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I don't know where everyone else gets their xinitrc files, but I like to copy /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc, then edit it to do whatever. -Andrew >
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