On Wed Sep 16 1998, Jim Roland wrote:
> How do you configure small things liek the screen saver name, and when it
> comes on in X? What else can one configure besides vidtune?
Heh, now *that's* a question! - (err, two actually:) - even it they are a
bit vague. (What exactly do you want to reconfigure?)
You can configure *everything* in X. Everything.
Which is a good thing, and also a bad thing. Good because it gives you
absolute control over how your system looks and feels and what it does, and
bad because giving you this control means a steep learning curve - and
climbing this curve is not for everyone.
<slightlyofftopic>
Mickyslop gives everyone ONE interface (theirs), and made it look nice and
(deceptively) simple. They have made a lot of money out of doing that.
This is also a good and a bad thing (eg, everyone gets the same thing and
everyone knows what to expect). But this isn't the unix way of doing
things.
</slightlyofftopic>
vidtune is just a sophisticated X configuration tool... use it once and
throw it away:)
But where to tell you to start? Hmmm... try the man pages for X, XFree86,
fvwm then follow your nose from there with all the man pages they refer to!
Oh, there are several linux HOWTOs that talk about all sorts of things to
do with X, so check them out too.
You'll be expert at this sooner than you think! :-)
Good luck!
Cheers
Tony
