On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:32:57 +0100 Pete Vickers <p...@systemnet.no> wrote:
> Hi, > > Having just installed 4.6 on my sunblade100 I'm truly very impressed > by the recent advances in OpenBSD's X implementation - after a very > rapid run through the improved install script, X started flawlessly > with a usable (and accelerated) session. The automatic correct > keyboard layout is just the icing on the cake :-) > > There is just one thing I did to sanitise the config, however. I > realise everyone has their own preferences, and don't want to start > a religious X war, but how about adding the following: > > in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 a line "xsetroot -solid gray" above the > xconsole entry ? > > ( or is there a better place or way to prevent the eye ache of the > default X background ? ) > As long as you promise not to hate me for taking the other side of things, the default background in X is actually important. It's called the "root weave" and there are a few similar important backgrounds which are at least equally displeasing, if not more so. The reason why they are important is because they make it extremely easy for you to visually detect problems in your screen output. --It might be ugly, but regularly appreciating "ugly" has many benefits. Let's say you fumble-finger an xrandr(1) command and change your display settings to something that might damage your display. Having the root weave visible might just save you the expense of replacing your monitor. If you do insist on changing it, use the ~/.xinitrc for your user rather than making a system-wide change. -- J.C. Roberts
