Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:55:03 +0930 (CST) From: Gregory Lewis <glewis@dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au> To: kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu (Kevin Weiss) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm and painting the root window Message-ID: <9904190025.AA18456@dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <19990418201414.72D5714F1B@hub.freebsd.org> from Kevin Weiss at "Apr 18, 99 03:11:12 pm"
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> I now have xdm working, not I'm just wondering how to customize it. > > I want to change the background login screen (root window). I checked > previous mailing list archives, and found references to using "xsetroot". > I tried "xsetroot -bitmap ....", but xdm-errors reported "bad bitmap file > format", > or something like that. > > I also saw reference to using "xv" to do this. However, it wasn't clear > (to me) > how to use "xv" with graphical file. Does the graphical file have to be in > a certain > format (*.bmp, *.jpg, *.gif)? In my case, it's a *.gif file. > > Any recommendations? Suggestions? In the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 you can add a line to load a background image with xv (or xsetroot if you have a file in the appropriate format -- xv can convert), e.g. mine looks like this: #!/bin/sh # $XConsortium: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:31 gildea Exp $ #xsetroot -solid CadetBlue & xv -quit -root -rmode 5 -maxpect -owncmap /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/backgrounds/xena/MI.jpg & xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail Dunno if thats the right way to do it, but it works for me :) -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 3237 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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