Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:20:25 -0000 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Phantom xsetroot occuring on my system Message-ID: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B022CFB@exchange>
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Jason C. Wells wrote: >I run 2.2.2r and use xdm to run X3.31. > >I have read the man. I have added the command 'xsetroot -solid >SteelBlue' to my Xsetup_O script. Everything seems to work IAW the docs. > >The xsetroot statement does infact change the color of my root window. >But before it does, there is the tiniest little flash of some ugly "X" >grid pattern. I am convinced that this bitmap background has to be set >by an xsetroot statement somewhere. > >My question is where the heck is this phantom xsetroot command. > >Thanks, >Jason Wells I think the pattern you are seeing (yes, it is ugly) is just the default root window background, i.e. there is no 'phantom' xsetroot command happening. Maybe there is an option somewhere to tell the X server (xinit or whatever, I don't know) what the default background should be. I think I see the same thing on Solaris 2.5 running Motif/CDE when it first boots. Ho hum. Regards, Jeff --------------------------------------------------- Jeffery Bond <mailto:jeffbond@compuserve.com> <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jeffbond>; ---------------------------------------------------
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