[TriLUG] RH 7.2, KDE 2.2, why does KDM preferred background get changed by Red Hat?

sgblanch sgblanch at email.unc.edu
Tue Feb 19 23:22:45 EST 2002


on second thought, the '0' in the filename is my display number, so you 
will have to see how your computer is setup, since it is a terminal 
server. but that is where I have changed it for my single-headed system ;-)

sgblanch wrote:
> I think your problem is probably in the file /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 
> redhat sets up a background color and a logo independent of any display 
> manager using xsetroot and xsri. just comment them both out, and the kdm 
> background work.
> 
> Chris Hedemark wrote:
> 
>> I am building a terminal server for folks to use.  I changed the 
>> preferred background using the KDE control panel.  When I log out, and 
>> KDM restarts, the correct background shows for a couple of seconds.  
>> Then, it is wiped out by that default Red Hat background.  This 
>> background is not anywhere in the configuration file that I can see, 
>> or in the prefdm script.  How is Red Hat circumventing the sysadmin 
>> preferences and how do you get around it?
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