Re: GDM + Xinerama wallpaper

[Gordon Turner <turner ftn net>]

On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 12:20 PM, George wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:30:40AM -0500, Gordon Turner wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am running a stock rh8.0, with the GDM graphical login on a dual 
> > head
> > setup with Xinerama, my question is can/how do I instruct GDM to apply
> > wallpaper on the second head?
> >
> > I.E. at the moment, I can specify the wallpaper for the head that the
> > login appears in, and I can move the login box to either head, but the
> > other head looks left out and unloved :-(
> >
> > If GDM is responsible for this, can I use one large image (like I have
> > created for my desktop once I login) or do I have to specify the
> > background for each head separately?
>
> Hmmm ... I haven't truly tested the graphical login with xinerama 
> much.  It
> will need a bit of thought as to what is needed to do.
>
> George
>
> --
> George <jirka 5z com>
>    The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
>                        -- W. Somerset Maugham

Well I have a few test partitions on my system, so if you need a crash 
test dummy, point me to the cvs etc. :-)

Suggestions (my POV anyway...),

a) one wallpaper with option to 'stretch' across other desktop
b) treat each head independently, assign wallpaper to each

Thoughts,

a) similar to current RH desktop config (assuming the RH config is 
Gnome 'core', maybe borrow it?)
b) seems that with the 'ximerama=' switch in the current GDM config 
file, that the current interest has been on head at a time?  If this is 
the case then b) might be more consistent.

Just occured to me, not as a solution but question, does xsetroot play 
nice with GDM?