From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 5 05:46:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405A916A41C for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 05:46:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bryan.maynard@reallm.com) Received: from hosting.sourcit.net (mail3.eitsolutions.net [68.23.20.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D07C943D48 for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 05:46:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bryan.maynard@reallm.com) Received: (qmail 16514 invoked from network); 5 Jul 2005 00:46:01 -0500 Received: from al1-24.207.169.154.charter-stl.com (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) (24.207.169.154) by hosting.sourcit.net with SMTP; 5 Jul 2005 00:46:01 -0500 From: Bryan Maynard Organization: Sofos Nikitis To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 00:45:13 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <20050612205547.oewsb1smhjbb408c@webmail.reallm.com> <20050613031326.GI84783@hal9000.halplant.com> In-Reply-To: <20050613031326.GI84783@hal9000.halplant.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507050045.13964.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> Subject: Re: Changing the X boot screen X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 05:46:03 -0000 On Monday 13 June 2005 03:13 am, Andrew J Caines wrote: >Bryan, > >> Hey I was just wondering if there is any way to change the background when X >> boots. >Using age old native X tools: ># xsetroot -solid black >Other graphical tools and tools distributed with window managers and desktop managers have the ability to do the same thing, or to put pretty pictures and patterns in the root window, eg. ># xv -max -smooth -root -quit background.png ># bsetbg -tile brick.png ># wmsetbg -e photo.png >Add this to your .xinitrc or .xsession to have it run during startup. I looked for my .xinitrc and .xsession files and didn't find them. Is there anywhere specifically I should look? Can I create the file myself, and if I can which file should I create and where? Is there anything besides the "xv" line that needs to be put in the file (I installed xv from ports)? > I am running KDE and using KDM. I'm not sure if this is an X11 issue for > a KDM one. >It's an X root window pattern issue, however just about all window managers and desktop managers have options to set root windows, though some make it much more complicated than necessary. >> I know this may be a silly and simple question, I'm sorry. I just didn't know >> where else to ask. . . :-( >See X(7) in the EXAMPLES section, for example. I tried "man X" and was told there was no manual entry for X. >-Andrew- Thanks, Bryan -- Open Source: by the people, for the people.