From owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Wed Feb 24 03:30:49 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B87B5AB01AC for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 03:30:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sidelight12@mail.com) Received: from mout.gmx.com (mout.gmx.com [74.208.4.200]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7160CD62 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 03:30:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sidelight12@mail.com) Received: from [108.70.50.7] by 3capp-mailcom-lxa05.server.lan (via HTTP); Wed, 24 Feb 2016 04:30:48 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: From: "sid --" To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestion for FreeBSD Handbook: 5.6. The X Display Manager Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 04:30:48 +0100 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:urk9f2IV2T7kUxLNQZecxgxJuCfoDr8jfAC3zj3al5e ea34l1VwhX+yrBD3vxv0kGgdEvPRtoIrjARJXxKS6kheA/9Jhg QLPNlNjvY//MXWBB3b0h67u4nlTMQn5mS35ZgPnhUJvIlzb/+x s/PywLGc/Q6l7hZoB6aNkovaznW86ZehrIHJnqsp9ItjbSR/K6 jWyOtQnAeIyZvI6Os4gXov+WTLE74MI+IlhArd14NESUvuyuyB /1y/vmhCLLqZOOQBsNUh8qiviUTjxoFp6jAxcX7BoQto2415FS 2ejjZEI93ciw6HN0Jh6SJpbv65v X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:JuI8JGEYFI0=:DVhYs8vnsRaq7a9mlgjqEH p5VfwVeyCtEpLiSLN5kZg+TxAKDWmZYGrrj0K/16aoSvbNth12ecBdllcNP8pXH2b6o+5LGkL aibCzWO4PU2TusVKgNFXT1MW/SLKULWpfD+tNpcZ09/eTOE3OPA5B7uf6Z4rkCIT5vtqVfKip Ycl0msoDywdMBQ4pE7m290oZRgRoVDf5rjM+RwAgLMCezjSle/DVSHvLLfYfWDdBpNuKL/LkX 5zB2e+b892hL918mVfCgh2w6bSup+jlzcuVqLIMwQz3YJdX81MTKmtHsaKFcmTxb5vBCbJB1+ O0q2fYWv19mS1FpZIvqtHB/b6jSiEHX3IDg08owSffuC5fK5pWguRTq3bmIJ5NC6zw5wGNBos uh4+59Eh0kaPjP/t3M5hFppE5kRWrcHunnXuxaLeGX5dbmSjfLjZMRJDmLeekf5Ms+mTV2Z2V Ue0RDuLwXQ== X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 03:30:49 -0000 Suggestion for adding (or similar) to FreeBSD Handbook: 5.6. The X Display Manager ... 5.6.3 Xsetup_* Here background image and xdm applications can be launched. To change the color you can use "x11/xsetroot," but changing the image requires an application like "x11/bgs". Example: #!/bin/sh bgs ~/mypic.jpg & #xsetroot & #xconsole & xconsole can be commented out, if it is not needed. 5.6.4 Xsession Customization is better done by ~/.xsession. Example of ~/.xsession: #!/bin/sh exec xterm & exec fluxbox exec $1 In this example, applications are ended with an "&". The desktop choice is last on the list, and is absent of an "&". Be sure "~/.xsession" is read and execute permissible by owner and group. chmod 660 ~/.xsession (I realize that .xsession is covered in the next section, but it and Xsession also appear to have to do with XDM.) Thank you, and apologizes about past problems with posting this.