xdm background ?

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On Monday 18 October 2004 03:32, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> > i'm trying to display the picture in the background of the login box
> > and console log, and have it displayed until my wm shows up, kde
> > style. how do i achieve this ?
>
> Are you using the "-root" switch as well with xv?

thanks, that  kind of fixed it.

the correct syntax is:

xv /home/bla/some_pic.jpg -root -quit