> Subject: Re: Anyone want to make a Debian XDM login screen?
> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 11:21:52 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Barak Pearlmutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "David A. van Leeuwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: [email protected]
>
> Inspired by your cute reboot/halt button hack, I added it plus a
> little background color to my own xdm. Everyone here is pretty happy
> with the result.
>
> --BAP.
>
That's cool. I hacked my xdm to move the login window to the top left-hand
corner, set the background black, and run xlock with a pretty anim in
the background. You have to kill it when folks log in. Here's da code
(apologies for volume):
--
Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Design Lead
Partner Software, Inc. http://www.partnersoft.com
! $XConsortium: Xresources,v 1.7 93/09/28 14:30:29 gildea Exp $
xlogin*login.translations: #override\
Ctrl<Key>R: abort-display()\n\
<Key>F1: set-session-argument(failsafe) finish-field()\n\
Ctrl<Key>Return: set-session-argument(failsafe) finish-field()\n\
<Key>Return: set-session-argument() finish-field()
xlogin*borderWidth: 3
xlogin.Login.width: 400
xlogin.Login.height: 200
xlogin.Login.x: 0
xlogin.Login.y: 0
xlogin*greeting: I am CLIENTHOST
xlogin*namePrompt: what is your name:\
xlogin*passwdPrompt: what is your quest:\
xlogin*fail: Hey, no way, man...
#ifdef COLOR
xlogin*greetColor: orange
xlogin*failColor: red
*Foreground: orange
*Background: black
#else
xlogin*Foreground: black
xlogin*Background: white
#endif
XConsole.text.geometry: 480x130
XConsole.verbose: true
XConsole*iconic: true
XConsole*font: fixed
Chooser*geometry: 750x550+200+100
Chooser*allowShellResize: false
Chooser*viewport.forceBars: true
Chooser*label.font: *-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal-*-240-*
Chooser*label.label: XDMCP Host Menu from CLIENTHOST
Chooser*list.font: -*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-230-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
Chooser*Command.font: *-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal-*-180-*
#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:31 gildea Exp $
#if grep -q ^run-xconsole /etc/X11/config
#then
# xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed \
# -exitOnFail -file /dev/xconsole
#fi
if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xsetroot ] ; then
/usr/bin/X11/xsetroot -solid black
fi
if [ -x /usr/bin/X11/xlock ] ; then
/usr/bin/X11/xlock -nolock -inroot -mode bouboule &
echo $! > /var/run/LoginPretty.pid
fi
exit 0
#! /bin/sh
#
# This script is run as root after a user starts a session on :0.
# Call the global Xstartup script, if it exists
if [ -x /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup ] ; then
/etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup
fi
# :0 specific startup commands go here
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/LoginPretty.pid
exit 0
