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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:23 am    Post subject: Making XDM look good Reply with quote

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. :D
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:55 am    Post subject: Re: Making XDM look good Reply with quote

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OMG its XDM!

Very nice! :-) Where'd you get that gorgeous background image?

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Cheers. :D

Right back at you. :D (/me takes another glug of vodka...)
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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...

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/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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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, my XDM howto is now somewhat completed. I say somewhat since I need some viewer input. :D
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just login at the command prompt and my .bashrc starts X for me.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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. :D
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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?


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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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Without killing whatever you start with the GiveConsole file it will still be running when you reach your desktop.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

is it possible to position the login box somewhere else?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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....

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xlogin*geometry: WidthxHeight+XCoord+Ycoord


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it possible to change the clock to 12 hour (am pm) instead of 24 hour?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The how-to was great by the way.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

blmartin777 wrote:
Is it possible to change the clock to 12 hour (am pm) instead of 24 hour?

Use the -twelve command for xclock. :D
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is really nice, Pwnz3r. Thanks. 8)
Just curious though: is there some way to add a shutdown/reboot button?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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This is really nice, Pwnz3r. Thanks. 8)
Just curious though: is there some way to add a shutdown/reboot button?

There was a topic about it on the Gentoo forums, actually. :D

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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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks. :D
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