Re: Background question

[Kevin Buhr <buhr@telus.net>]

"M. Maas" <mark@mateo.xs4all.nl> writes:
>
> Between the boot splash and the graphical login manager, there is a
> screen with a black and white checkerd background and a big black
> "X" which is the mouse.

There's a barely documented command line option on recent X servers.
If you pass "-br" (short for "black root") to the X server, the root
window will come up solid black instead of the stippled checkerboard
you're seeing.

The exact mechanics of passing "-br" to your X server will depend on
which login manager you're using, of course.

-- 
Kevin <buhr@telus.net>