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Subject: Re: xsetroot in xdm?
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Date: 31 Jul 90 08:29:17 GMT
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Excerpts from X: 30-Jul-90 xsetroot in xdm? (188)

> Does anybody know how to set a bitmap during the authentication part of
> xdm?  i.e. I want to xsetroot a bitmap when the display says
> "Welcome to the X window system".

> Thanks,

> --andy s.



Try to put the next command in the file /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset:
	xsetroot -bitmap "filename"
each time you logout, xdm executes the file Xreset.....




P. Verhaeghe
University of Antwerp, RUCA
Algebra / Geometry
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