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Get rid of the Penguin from the Login screen

It's not that I don't like "Tux", the Linux Mascot, but I can think of prettier images that I would rather have greet me when I boot into LinuxPPC!

Interestingly, the logo image is a transparent png graphic, a lot like the ones that have recently been discussed on ResExcellence. The original is located at /usr/share/pixmaps if you're curious to open it up in Gimp. The powder blue backgroud color is set independently of the image.

The job of both the image and the background color is to cover the boring one-bit hatch marks of the X server. These settings are located in the bash script text file: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0.

I recommend at least setting the color, and an image for extra credit. If you leave out the color setting, you will see the one-bit pattern while your desktop enviroment loads. Below is my file as an example. The pattern displayed if from Propaganda.

#!/bin/sh
# Xsetup for Red Hat Linux 6.0
# Copyright (c) 1999 Red Hat Software, Inc.

# ResExcellence: linux_icebox/11-03-99.shtml


# xsetroot sets the background color in HEX RGB.
# This example sets it to black
# xsetroot can also display an image, but I found it supports
# fewer file formats

/usr/X11/bin/xsetroot -solid "#000000"

# The next command sets the background image and scales it.

/usr/bin/xsri -scale /usr/share/wallpapers/E-Trade-Sucks-7.bmp

# If you want to tile an image, follow my previous instructions for
# installing Eterm, a transparent terminal, and use Esetroot

Esetroot /usr/share/wallpapers/E-Trade-Sucks-7.JPG

You do not have to reboot to see the effect. Simply log out of your desktop to view and test the results.