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Article #93Re: dwrites documented where? (was: Re: LoginScreenSaver?)
From: Joe Freeman
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 22:05
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 22:05
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In article <6n_1nkg@rpi.edu> gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) writes: >I haven't tried it yet, but you probably have to: > 1) Do the "dwrite loginwindow MoveWhenIdle YES" command as user root > 2) Restart the login screen after doing the dwrite command. >The easiest way to do this is to type "console" at the userid field (of >login window) and hit enter. That will kill the loginwindow panel, and >you'll find yourself at a login prompt. Log into root, do the dwrite >command, and logout (which will restart the window server). Actually, the easiest way to restart the window server is to login as 'exit'. That will restart the window server and bring back the login panel. >You might want to also do: > dwrite loginwindow HostName localhost >while you're sitting in root. cool > -- Joe Freeman jfreem@uncecs.edu jfreeman@next.com (NeXT Mail) The opinions espressed here are my own and are not shared by my employer or anyone else I know of. Flames can be mailed to me or routed to /dev/null.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!uwm.edu!rutgers!concert!ecsgate!jfreem From: jfreem@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Joe Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: dwrites documented where? (was: Re: LoginScreenSaver?) Message-ID: <1992Nov1.220527.20215@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 1 Nov 92 22:05:27 GMT References: <16340@umd5.umd.edu> <6n_1nkg@rpi.edu> Distribution: na Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 27