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idl
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 Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:36 pm Post subject: Change that gray X startup bakground to black! |
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edit /usr/X11R6/bin/startx and change
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hugaru
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| cool tips thanxs |
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quikchaos
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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Nice tip! Thanky!
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Chickpea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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what is the "-br"?
Can that be changed to any color or only black? |
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wolf31o2
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| A more elegant (and permanent) way to change this is to create a /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc file and insert the -br flag there. This way it will stay through X upgrades. |
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hanzotutu
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| the trick does not work in Xfree 4.3.0 any longer. |
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NoBrandHero
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 2:39 am Post subject: it still works for both startx and gdm |
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Works for me with xfree-4.3.0-r1.
If you start xfree manually via startx, instead of editing /usr/X11R6/bin/startx (which will just get overwritten when you upgrade to future xfree ebuilds), create /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc with this one line in it:
| Code: | | exec /usr/bin/X11/X :0 vt7 -br |
If you use gdm, edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf, go to the end of the file where you'll find the [server-Standard] and [server-Terminal] sections, and add "-br" or any other X server arguments you want, like so:
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# Definition of the standard X server.
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp
flexible=true
# To use this server type you should add -query host or -indirect host
# to the command line
[server-Terminal]
name=Terminal server
# Add -terminate to make things behave more nicely
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp -terminate
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I don't use KDE or E17 (least not until it hits real release) so I don't know how/where you'd set X arguments for their respective login managers. |
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hanzotutu
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, it works in Xfree 4.3.0-r2. Happy. |
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jesterspet
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone got a listing of the valid color codes  I am sure that ther are other folks besides me that would like to have a larger selection than Grey or Black.
It also strikes me as something folks may want to change to go along with their theme.
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st. anger
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 6:06 am Post subject: |
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i think there is only black.
From the Xserver man page:
-br sets the default root window to solid black instead of the
standard root weave pattern.
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charlieg
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| wolf31o2 wrote: | | A more elegant (and permanent) way to change this is to create a /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc file and insert the -br flag there. This way it will stay through X upgrades. |
Excellent tip.
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