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Re: dwrites documented where? (was: Re: LoginScreenSaver?)

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From: Joe Freeman
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
>


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From: jfreem@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Joe Freeman)
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Subject: Re: dwrites documented where? (was: Re: LoginScreenSaver?)
Message-ID: <1992Nov1.220527.20215@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Date: 1 Nov 92 22:05:27 GMT
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