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["Zeke H. Shabazz" <zhshabaz gte net>]

Thanks for the help

Tyler Nally wrote:

> Greetings folks...
>
> I run my Linux Mandrake machine to boot into the GUI throught the /etc/inittab
> file as stated here...
>
>   # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
>   #   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
>   #   1 - Single user mode
>   #   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
>   #   3 - Full multiuser mode
>   #   4 - unused
>   #   5 - X11
>   #   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
>   #
>   id:5:initdefault:
>
> .. which is no big deal as it boots to the GUI login screen, etc.
>
> What I've always wanted to know iiiiissssssss....
>
>   Q:  How can I boot the machine into the GUI and at the same time
>       of the boot to the GUI, start Xscreensaver in the background?
>
> I'd like for the screen to be *active* while the machine is unused
> (nobody logged in at the console) waiting for someone to sit down and
> login (me ... eventually).  I think it'd be much better visually
> doing this instead of the having a *blank* screen prior to someone
> touching the keyboard or mouse activating the screen back to life.
>
> I figger this is way *kewler* than the traditional WinNT machine around
> work with a blank screen waiting for user input.  I'm willing to do about
> anything to show *kewlness* on the part of Linux around here... heh, heh,
> heh....
>
> Tyler
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