aru Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 frew Senior user Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Mississippi Post Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 8:12 am Post subject: cool background trick _________________________________________________________________ I'm not sure what all window managers this works in but i know it works in e16 and i think gnome. should work in others too. xlock -mode <some mode you like ie scooter> -inroot so like: xlock -mode scooter -inroot sweeeeeet. oh and its not very nice to low end video cards so you know....use with caution. Omar Serenity Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 358 Location: Michigan Post Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 12:24 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ Could you give a newbie-ized description of what this does? Like what the different modes do and what they would be called? And what does this trick do and what file do you put the command in, or do you just type it in a console and it's a one-time thing? Sorry for the silly questions. Very Happy frew Senior user Joined: 01 Jun 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Mississippi Post Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 2:22 am Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ well ok, the -mode says what screensaver you are going to use, the -inroot makes it your background. type it in a console to test it out and you could prolly put it in your .xinit file to have it on every start of x. Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). This post is the result of a 99% automatic backup, so due to its nature some text may be lost (improbable but possible). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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