On 21 Nov 2002, 14:42:06, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 13:27, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > >=20 > > Is there a way, with xdm (or gdm or some other login display manager) to > > display the output of a program running in the background, say gkrellm or > > top? Similar to how the console is displayed? > > Seems to me that at least one of them has a setting that runs xconsole > on a window beside the login window, and ISTR seeing a fishtank dynamic > wallpaper running underneath the login window. If those work, you likely > could get away with specifying a V4L feed on the desktop - see what > reaction you would get with a webcam displaying on the desktop the > images of the person at the keyboard as they are logging in...
I LOVE that idea !!!! Talk about freaky . . . people would walk by and look at themselves on the screen like they do for the hand-held video cameras at Best Buy!! ;-) BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . . -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
