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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Joel Adria wrote:

> So for XDM, I'm assuming you download these files:
> - Xsession
> -Xsession.orig
> -Xsetup_0
> and then put "exec Xsession" into startx?

I think you would have to put a link to xdm in one of your rc/init files
for it to come up "automatically."  Those files you mention look mostly
like config files.  I'd doubt you'd need to download any of them: they
sound to me like parts of some other package(s).  Xsetup (minus the _0) is
already in BL3 anyway, isn't it?  At least on older versions of BL3 it was
the script for allowing you to enter X settings like mouse location and
screen resolution.  Anyway, once you get xdm to come up, it just looks in
the home directory of whoever is logging into it for X settings (which
window mgr to use, background, X programs to auto-start etc).  If you
already have X working and set up the way you want it, xdm should take you
right to it when you login.

> I'm assuming this. I haven't tried it yet though. As well, when I say
> screensaver, I just mean anything that moves, has color, and entertains me
> for at least a fraction of a second. (hence, not just blank)

Are you saying xclock (which I suggested earlier) isn't suitable?  It
moves (the minute hand, most noticeably) and can have whatever colors you
want (e.g., xclock -bg blue -fg black -hl red).  You'll have to assess the
entertainment factor yourself, though.  But again, it's manual in the
sense that you need to start/maximize it.  Probably a way to make it kick
in automatically owing to some event or time limit, but I have no idea how
to do that.

James