On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 14:33, Jim C wrote:
> Thing is that if you are running Linux as a kioske sort of thing you 
> want some nice eye catching candy.   You might be marketing a desktop PC 
> with preinstalled Linux  in your shop, for example.  So what about 
> finding a way to run a screensaver while the logon screen is up, for 
> example, or perhaps as a background for the logon screen?
> This would be especially cool if one might find a way to reduce the foot 
> print of the logon dialog.  Perhaps by making it mostly transparent by 
> using some of Mosfet's stuff?
> 
> Anyway, I remember way back when... I ran a screen saver as a background 
> for my desktop.  It was especially cool.  This was quite a long time ago...
> I've long since fogotten how to do this but if anyone can give me some 
> tips I sure would appreciate it.  I do remember something about "running 
> it in the root window" or something.   I think I had to edit an X (or 
> was it KDE?) startup script too.
> 
> Probably what I really need to know is where the screensavers are kept.  
> The names in KDE don't seem to match up with files. 
> 
> 
> Jim C.

Jim,

   Haven't done it.  Except for the default entry of kworldclock but in
the kcontrol --> look n feel --> backgrounds on the first tab (labeled
background)  in the mode button the 3rd item is Background program. 
This is supposed to allow you to run a program in the background as
wallpaper.  

James



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