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13383   Changing the dtlogin screen (fonts, bitmap, welcome text message)   11 Apr 2000

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To Customize the login screen appearance, you can change the logo or graphics, 
the welcome message, and the fonts. Here is how you can do it. 


*** The following steps constitute customization of CDE, which is unsupported
by Sun. ***

This example assumes you are using the C locale.

1. cp /usr/dt/config/C/Xresources /etc/dt/config/C/Xresources
2. vi /etc/dt/config/C/Xresources
Changing the dtlogin Screen

<1> Change the logo.

Change the line:

!! Dtlogin*logo*bitmapFile:             < bitmap or pixmap file >

to 

Dtloginn*logo*bitmapFile:  		/usr/dt/lib/bitmaps/MyLogo.bmp


<2> Change the welcome message.

Change the line:

Dtlogin*greeting.labelString:       Welcome to %LocalHost%

to 

Dtlogin*greeting.labelString:       This is my greeting at %LocalHost%

%LocalHost% and %DisplayName% can be used in this line.

<3> Change the welcome message text font

Add the line:

Dtlogin*greeting.fontList:		fixed


For information about modifying other resources, see the dtlogin man page.
Product Area Windows
Product CDE
OS Solaris 2.5
Hardware any

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