From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 24 9:39:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hyperhost.net (ether.lightrealm.com [207.159.132.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C169E14F35 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 09:39:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from patseal@hyperhost.net) Received: from p1.a8.du.radix.net (p1.a8.du.radix.net [207.192.132.129]) by hyperhost.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA15457; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 12:38:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 12:36:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Seal To: "Ben J. Cohen" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root Window under X? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There is a program called roottail that you can display any file you want superimposed on the root window. It *might* be in the ports collection. ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds hosting and Design http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Ben J. Cohen wrote: > Hi! > > I recall reading somewhere that it is possible to run Netscape in the root > window under X. (I can't find the original reference.) > > Is it possible to run an arbitrary application in the root window? > > For example, I would like to run xconsole in the root window so that I can > see it but it doesn't get in the way too much (as it does at the moment). > > Thanks, > > Ben. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message