Re: ugly x background when starting kdm

[Peter Clark <peter-clark@bethel.edu>]

Quoting John Gay <johngay@eircom.net>:
> I do know that there are patches available to remove this, but this would 
> mean getting the proper version of source code to apply the patch to, patch
> it and re-compile and install. Not a difficult task, even for a 
> non-programmer, but a lot to down-load and you would then be running a 
> celf-compiled X rather than the Debian packaged version.
> 
> Several people have tried to submit this patch for inclussion in X, but the
> existing pattern is too useful to the developers so it will never be
> applied.

    I have trouble believing that they would refuse a patch that made it an
option somewhere. A simple IFDEF and a line in a config file would satisfy everyone.
    :Peter