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placeholder Advocate
Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 2500
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:23 am Post subject: Making XDM look good |
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Yeah, believe it or not it is possible to make xdm look nice without recoding it or bribing the developers. The reason that I even cared to look into how to do it was because I did not want to use something like GDM or KDM with all of their dependencies and entrance ended up b0rking.
After seeing some screenshots of XDM via Google image search that looked really nice, I wanted to know how to do that. So via a thread on the forums and some hacking I got this as a result....
OMG its XDM!
I also have a tarball of my configuration which you can just extract to /etc/X11 for instant happiness. BTW, it uses the artwiz snap font.
My Configuration
I also plan on adding a howto on my website for this, and once I add it I would like some review for clarity. Enjoy this for now. Cheers. |
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papal_authority Veteran
Joined: 31 Mar 2004 Posts: 1823 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:45 am Post subject: |
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That is hella sweet. I've altered colors and fonts with XDM but I didn't know you could have a background pic. Where is that setting? _________________ The free market gave me gonorrhea. |
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Syntaxis Guru
Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 511 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:55 am Post subject: Re: Making XDM look good |
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Very nice! Where'd you get that gorgeous background image?
Quote: | Cheers. |
Right back at you. (/me takes another glug of vodka...) _________________ The Debian User Forums - help them grow! |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:10 am Post subject: |
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The background is in my configuration tarball and I found it originally on the 4chan image board.
Also, the Xsetup file in /etc/X11/xdm/ is what controls what starts with XDM so I just added...
Code: | /usr/bin/xsetbg -fork /etc/X11/xdm/pixmaps/crimsongirl.png |
...to it in order to set the background. Via that file it is even possible to start Openbox in XDM. XD |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:16 am Post subject: |
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Well, my XDM howto is now somewhat completed. I say somewhat since I need some viewer input. |
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IvanHoe l33t
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:22 am Post subject: |
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I just login at the command prompt and my .bashrc starts X for me. |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:33 am Post subject: |
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IvanHoe wrote: | I just login at the command prompt and my .bashrc starts X for me. |
What is the relevence of this comment to the current discussion?
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Anyway, for those who are interested please review my howto. I could not think of many ways to explain the Xresources file but if you need anything clarified about it then I will add it. |
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Lokheed Veteran
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 1295 Location: /usr/src/linux
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:37 am Post subject: |
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Pwnz3r wrote: | IvanHoe wrote: | I just login at the command prompt and my .bashrc starts X for me. |
What is the relevence of this comment to the current discussion?
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My guess would be he doesnt use XDM and ironically, his comment is more pertinent to this discussion then yours is... |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:43 am Post subject: |
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Lokheed wrote: | My guess would be he doesnt use XDM and ironically, his comment is more pertinent to this discussion then yours is... |
Good job on not reading my entire post. However, I am not responding to anymore of these comments because I have nothing else to do but wait for people to review my howto and I do not want this topic to become mush because of trolls.
Last edited by placeholder on Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:26 am; edited 1 time in total |
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blackhorse Apprentice
Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 225 Location: edge of a forest
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:13 am Post subject: |
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I have not played with it yet, but the howto is really easy to follow. Thanks for putting it together. What happens if you do not put in the GiveConsol file. _________________ Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice. |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:25 am Post subject: |
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Without killing whatever you start with the GiveConsole file it will still be running when you reach your desktop. |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:26 am Post subject: |
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Pwnz3r wrote: | Without killing whatever you start with the GiveConsole file, it will still be running when you reach your desktop. |
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seijai n00b
Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 3
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:36 am Post subject: |
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is it possible to position the login box somewhere else? |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:40 am Post subject: |
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seijai wrote: | is it possible to position the login box somewhere else? |
Yeah, via the Xresources file.
Code: | xlogin*geometry: 350x100+200+200 |
That is the line you use which works like this....
Code: | xlogin*geometry: WidthxHeight+XCoord+Ycoord |
Cheers. |
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codedmart l33t
Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 647 Location: Not Quite Sure
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:38 am Post subject: |
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Is it possible to change the clock to 12 hour (am pm) instead of 24 hour? |
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codedmart l33t
Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 647 Location: Not Quite Sure
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:39 am Post subject: |
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The how-to was great by the way. |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:42 am Post subject: |
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blmartin777 wrote: | Is it possible to change the clock to 12 hour (am pm) instead of 24 hour? |
Use the -twelve command for xclock. |
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codedmart l33t
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:50 am Post subject: |
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Thank you! |
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IvanHoe l33t
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:52 am Post subject: |
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Pwnz3r wrote: | IvanHoe wrote: | I just login at the command prompt and my .bashrc starts X for me. |
What is the relevence of this comment to the current discussion? |
Well, I guess the relevence would be that I don't spend a lot of time looking at the login prompt, so instead of wasting time and system resources starting XDM I just have my .bashrc start X for me when I login with my normal username. |
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RedDawn Guru
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 368 Location: Los Angeles, California
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:01 am Post subject: |
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IvanHoe wrote: | Pwnz3r wrote: | IvanHoe wrote: | I just login at the command prompt and my .bashrc starts X for me. |
What is the relevence of this comment to the current discussion? |
Well, I guess the relevence would be that I don't spend a lot of time looking at the login prompt, so instead of wasting time and system resources starting XDM I just have my .bashrc start X for me when I login with my normal username. |
Good Point.. |
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:41 am Post subject: |
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RedDawn & IvanHoe: Go make your own thread and leave this one to people who actually want to use XDM and configure it. Seeing that XDM is using 0.0% CPU and 0.2% of memory right now, your points are flawed. |
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IvanHoe l33t
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Pwnz3r wrote: | RedDawn & IvanHoe: Go make your own thread and leave this one to people who actually want to use XDM and configure it. Seeing that XDM is using 0.0% CPU and 0.2% of memory right now, your points are flawed. |
Geez, calm down. It was just a comment, not a religious crusade. |
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codergeek42 Bodhisattva
Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 5142 Location: Anaheim, CA (USA)
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:09 am Post subject: |
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This is really nice, Pwnz3r. Thanks.
Just curious though: is there some way to add a shutdown/reboot button? _________________ ~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
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placeholder Advocate
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:21 am Post subject: |
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codergeek42 wrote: | This is really nice, Pwnz3r. Thanks.
Just curious though: is there some way to add a shutdown/reboot button? |
There was a topic about it on the Gentoo forums, actually.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=100119
You could probably also use idesk or the Xfce4 panel configured with just shutdown and reboot buttons as root. |
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codergeek42 Bodhisattva
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:22 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. _________________ ~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
Who am I? :: EFF & FSF |
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