On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Jim C wrote: > Thing is that if you are running Linux as a kioske sort of thing you > want some nice eye catching candy. You might be marketing a desktop PC > with preinstalled Linux in your shop, for example. So what about > finding a way to run a screensaver while the logon screen is up, for > example, or perhaps as a background for the logon screen? This would be > especially cool if one might find a way to reduce the foot print of the > logon dialog. Perhaps by making it mostly transparent by using some of > Mosfet's stuff? > > Anyway, I remember way back when... I ran a screen saver as a background > for my desktop. It was especially cool. This was quite a long time > ago... I've long since fogotten how to do this but if anyone can give me > some tips I sure would appreciate it. I do remember something about > "running it in the root window" or something. I think I had to edit an > X (or was it KDE?) startup script too.
Running in the root window is in fact the key, but kwin is *very* picky about how it will (and will not) allow this to be done. :( Backgrounds can be programs in KDE, and are controlled by "KDE Desktop Program Items" (or some name like that), which are text files in: /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/programs/ They are all named "<name>.desktop", and are accessed through KDE's background settings dialog, by turning off wallpaper, then choosing a Mode of "Background Program", then clicking on "Setup". ISTR that kdm can be configured to use them, but I have no idea if mdkkdm can as well. If you're looking for some impressive eye candy, try out my Xplanet scripts system (which also includes a set of KDE desktop program items): http://xphowto.lunarhub.com Caveat: If you're running MDK 9.1, the Xplanet version in the 9.1 contribs (v1.0.1) will not work with my script system; rebuild the .src RPM for MDK 9.0 (v0.94) on the 9.1 system instead, and they should work well. HTH! -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't." - Robert Benchley
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