I think you'll like this small improvement to /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0, it helps
integrate your excellent xbanner package a little better. I'll paste the
relevant portion of the file:
if [ -x $KDEDIR/bin/kdmdesktop ];then
$KDEDIR/bin/kdmdesktop
elif [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xbanner ];then
/usr/X11R6/bin/xbanner
else
/usr/X11R6/bin/xsetroot -solid "#21449C"
/usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose
-fn f
ixed -exitOnFail
fi
the way that works, if you have KDE, the easiest way to enable xbanner is to
chmod -x $KDEDIR/bin/kdmdesktop, so it would be cool if there was an option
to do that in a GUI config program somewhere. Just a thought.