Re: background splash-screen, RH72 was Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 04:08, Net Llama wrote: > Where did you change it? My guess is that whatevr you did was just a > hack that gets called before the actual 'official' call to display a > logog. Thus its getting squashed in the general order of things. Big Green Button -> stuff I've chased dow

Re: background splash-screen, RH72 was Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Net Llama
--- Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:21, Myles Green wrote: > > > OK, this was pretty simple actually, /etc/X11/prefdm points the way. > In > > Ok, wizards. Since this is still all fresh in your mind, i have an > annoying > problem with the KDE user login screen (

Re: background splash-screen, RH72 was Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Myles Green
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:43:12 +1130 Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:21, Myles Green wrote: > > > OK, this was pretty simple actually, /etc/X11/prefdm points the way. > > In > > Ok, wizards. Since this is still all fresh in your mind, i have an > annoying problem w

background splash-screen, RH72 was Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:21, Myles Green wrote: > OK, this was pretty simple actually, /etc/X11/prefdm points the way. In Ok, wizards. Since this is still all fresh in your mind, i have an annoying problem with the KDE user login screen (RH72) I've set the background to something I want and it f

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-27 Thread Myles Green
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 01:47:39 -0500 Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 25 January 2002 12:09 am, Myles Green wrote: > > Must be a problem with GDM (you did say that was what you were > > using, correct?) because I use KDM when using RL5 and haven't had > > any problems. Is there a q

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-26 Thread Joshua Lee
On Friday 25 January 2002 12:09 am, Myles Green wrote: > Must be a problem with GDM (you did say that was what you were using, > correct?) because I use KDM when using RL5 and haven't had any problems. > Is there a quick and dirty way for me to change to using GDM so I can What distro are you usi

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Net Llama
--- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:08:20 -0800 (PST) > Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you build 4.2.0 from source, or install the binaries? Mine was > > from source. My system is mostly RH-7.1 stuff, with some older 6.2 > > here & there, and a very

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Myles Green
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:08:20 -0800 (PST) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, this was pretty simple actually, /etc/X11/prefdm points the way. > > In > > /etc/sysconfig/desktop you'll find either DESKTOP="KDE" or > > DESKTOP="GNOME", whichever

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Net Llama
--- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, this was pretty simple actually, /etc/X11/prefdm points the way. > In > /etc/sysconfig/desktop you'll find either DESKTOP="KDE" or > DESKTOP="GNOME", whichever one you have dictates which DM you get - > "KDE" gets you KDM and "GNOME" gets you GDM. F

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Myles Green
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:21:55 -0700 Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:11:13 -0800 (PST) > Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm running XFCE as well. I'm not 100% on what you need to do to > > switch login managers. I figured it out once a few months ago,

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Myles Green
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:11:13 -0800 (PST) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:02:50 -0800 (PST) > > Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It really depends on which distro you're running. Unless you have > > > Gnom

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Net Llama
--- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:02:50 -0800 (PST) > Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It really depends on which distro you're running. Unless you have > > Gnome installed, there is no quick or easy way to get gdm. > > Yeah. Well, I would not have su

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Myles Green
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:02:50 -0800 (PST) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It really depends on which distro you're running. Unless you have > Gnome installed, there is no quick or easy way to get gdm. Yeah. Well, I would not have suggested it if I wasn't running something similar to you L

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Net Llama
--- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:15:35 -0800 (PST) > Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:04:27 -0500 > > > Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > noticing on the kde lists a

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-25 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Myles Green babbled on about: > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:04:27 -0500 > > Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > noticing on the kde lists a lot of people complaining about > > ugly/messed up fonts after upgrading. seems that the new 4.2.0 of > > xfree86 contains new fonts and some old fonts

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-24 Thread Myles Green
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:15:35 -0800 (PST) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:04:27 -0500 > > Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > noticing on the kde lists a lot of people complaining about > > > ugly/messed

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-24 Thread Net Llama
--- Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:04:27 -0500 > Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > noticing on the kde lists a lot of people complaining about > > ugly/messed up fonts after upgrading. seems that the new 4.2.0 of > > xfree86 contains new fonts and so

Re: another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-24 Thread Myles Green
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:04:27 -0500 Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > noticing on the kde lists a lot of people complaining about > ugly/messed up fonts after upgrading. seems that the new 4.2.0 of > xfree86 contains new fonts and some old fonts have new names... > watch out everyone I

another xfree 4.2.0 gotcha

2002-01-24 Thread Douglas J Hunley
noticing on the kde lists a lot of people complaining about ugly/messed up fonts after upgrading. seems that the new 4.2.0 of xfree86 contains new fonts and some old fonts have new names... watch out everyone -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux Step