[ale] that stippled gray X background

[John Mills]

Michael -

At what point in the startup did you run 'xsetroot'?
Which window manager are you using?

On Thu, 28 June 2001, hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:

> Does anyone know their way around the XFree X server?  I'm trying to
> replace the ugly default X background with something nicer (like, say,
> solid black).  I know how to set the background after X starts, either
> with xsetroot or with an xlib call, but I still see the stippled
> background first.  I haven't found a run time parameter.

It should not be necessary to go to the source code to set a resource for X11. Perhaps you could give a bit more detail as to what you want and what you are having to do.

Regards,
 John Mills
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