Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:29:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: SimsS@Infi.Net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Q} xdm root window on local console Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961029232258.369s-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199610251731.NAA08806@mh004.infi.net>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Steve Sims wrote: > 1) How can I (or *can I*) set a picture in the root window on the local > console while it sits waiting for a user to log in? I'd like to have 'Chuck' > sitting quietly under the login dialog so people knew what was under the > X-covers. I assume you'd have to hack xdm to do that. Take a look at the xdm man page and see what you can find; I'm looking and don't see anything regarding root image or background anything. > 2) Assuming I can do 1) above, anyone have a pointer to a kewl graphic to > use? (I use `xearth` on *my* sessions, so individual sessions don't matter, > but on the console I'd like to see some graphic that represents "Powered by > FreeBSD". I don't think X is that smart. I'd have to be through your window manager. > 3) What's the seminal 'X for Dummies" book at which I should be looking? I honestly don't know offhand. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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