Xfree86 Backgrounds
Alan Hourihane
alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk
Tue Sep 18 13:22:00 GMT 2001
James,
The place to do this without using xsetroot, is in
xc/programs/Xserver/dix/window.c
The function InitRootWindow() is called from main() which in turn calls
MakeRootTile() which does the cross-hatch pattern. You need to tweak this.
Alan.
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 03:08:32PM -0400, Harold Hunt wrote:
> > Yeah, I know of xsetroot & xsetbg. I am developing an embedded
> > system using
> > Xfree86 and I'd like to able to eliminate any flashes during the startup
> > sequence. Currently there is a 1-2 second flash of the cross hatch
> > background when the xserver starts. Do you know of any way in the source
> > code to stop the xserver from displaying the hatch background?
>
> 1) No, I do not. Why didn't you say that you were developing an
> embedded system the first time.
>
> 2) Don't directly send emails to me for something that could be addressed
> by the XFree86 or Cygwin/XFree86 mailing lists. Sorry, it's just
> policy so that others can see what is going on and pitch in if
> they know the answer.
>
> Harold
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