From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 5 15:37:39 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 D51B316A41F for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:37:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from amracks@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C57B43D4C for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:37:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from amracks@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 36so925670wra for ; Tue, 05 Jul 2005 08:37:35 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=JuRe8BHJn+vvbufqldzUEfgTbQhvcrWpIXvwLLMLp5qKSgMAkWKNrnA31eVWKwvIA90JuD/Bnejr25pl1tmL/AxFNghkAvvLAlqX/usOgq/gIiqKp0L0Xr0IzngezFCS3U9ViilmhXGj0kJiknwmvxlnpJVs7qE96wG+o3hB7q0= Received: by 10.54.49.72 with SMTP id w72mr3481902wrw; Tue, 05 Jul 2005 08:30:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.78.8 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:30:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4415e9c105070508307259a140@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:30:17 -0700 From: Andrew Marks To: Bryan Maynard In-Reply-To: <200507050045.13964.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050612205547.oewsb1smhjbb408c@webmail.reallm.com> <20050613031326.GI84783@hal9000.halplant.com> <200507050045.13964.bryan.maynard@reallm.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the X boot screen X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Andrew Marks 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 15:37:40 -0000 On 7/4/05, Bryan Maynard wrote: > 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. >=20 > >Using age old native X tools: >=20 > ># xsetroot -solid black >=20 > >Other graphical tools and tools distributed with window managers and des= ktop > managers have the ability to do the same thing, or to put pretty pictures= and > patterns in the root window, eg. >=20 > ># xv -max -smooth -root -quit background.png > ># bsetbg -tile brick.png > ># wmsetbg -e photo.png >=20 > >Add this to your .xinitrc or .xsession to have it run during startup. >=20 > I looked for my .xinitrc and .xsession files and didn't find them. Is the= re > 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)? >=20 > > I am running KDE and using KDM. I'm not sure if this is an X11 issue = for > > a KDM one. >=20 > >It's an X root window pattern issue, however just about all window manag= ers > and desktop managers have options to set root windows, though some make i= t > much more complicated than necessary. >=20 > >> I know this may be a silly and simple question, I'm sorry. I just didn= 't > know > >> where else to ask. . . :-( >=20 > >See X(7) in the EXAMPLES section, for example. >=20 > I tried "man X" and was told there was no manual entry for X. >=20 > >-Andrew- >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Bryan > -- > Open Source: by the people, for the people. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I don't know where everyone else gets their xinitrc files, but I like to copy /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc, then edit it to do whatever. -Andrew >