Re: ugly x background when starting kdm
Thanks all for you reply's. As none of the things I tryed after your messages
works and as some of you say it is compiled in Xfree. This is really sad.
I made the transition to linux 2 years ago an I almost never touch any
windows boxes anymore since one of the things I really like about linux
is that you can configure most thing the way you like. After 2 years
configuring, this xfree thing is the only thing I really dislike. Since I am
not a programmer, just a plain user I think I can't patch the xfree sources.
To bad, thanks anyway
Bastiaan
On Thursday 26 September 2002 17:26, David Pashley wrote:
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> On Thursday 26 September 2002 10:57 am, Bastiaan Naber wrote:
> > Every time I start my computer I am anoyed with this problem but
> > have not been able to get rid of it. So please help me.
> >
> > When kdm starts I first get this very ugle black and white dots as
> > a background after which the login box comes up and after that
> > the debian background appears. I would like to get rid of the
> > black and white dots, how do I do this ? I have looked in
> > /etc/kde3/kdm but could not find anything.
> >
> > What I like is to replace the dots with just a plain collor, like black
> > or white or blue. Does anyone know how to do this ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bastiaan
>
> Basically, this is compiled into the Xserver. If you want to change it then
> start learning the Xfree86 sources. I doubt very much if Xfree86 will
> accept any patches to change it. Think of it as a tradition. There was an
> interview with Jim Gettys and one of the questions touched on this very
> subject. I could try to dig it up if anyone really wants me to try.
>
> As people have mentioned kdm does replace the background after a few
> seconds.
>
> - --
> David Pashley
> david@davidpashley.com
> Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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