[kde-linux] how to stop the flash of blue when kde starts?

[James Richard Tyrer]

`Zidane Tribal wrote:
> hey all,
> 
> i have a curious problem.   basicly, my kdm background is set to black
> and to auto-login, and my kde desktop background is set to black, so i
> should go from "black to black".  however, it would appear that when
> kde starts, it has a blue background and displays it until it starts
> loading my personalised settings, leading to a "black to blue to
> black".
> 
> i cant imagine this would be too hard to solve, but i cant seem to
> find anything about where this colour setting is stored and nothing in
> the gui seems to change it.
> 
> is it possible to change this default kde background colour?
> 
> i should point out, i certainly dont mind getting my hands dirty
> delving around in configuration files if required.
> 
> just incase it is helpfull, i am using kubuntu 7.10 on a toshiba
> equium a200-1v0 and everything is working perfectly except for this
> little blue flash when kde is loading.

IIUC, you have set your desktop background to black, and you think that 
you have set the KDM background to black.

It isn't that simple: sorry about that. :-)

There is an X command option which I think is "-br" which substitutes a 
startup black root window background for the standard 1 pixel pitch gray 
checkerboard.  With KDM, this is set in: $KDEDIR/share/config/kdm/kdmrc:

	ServerCmd=

Then there is the background color for KDM which is set in the Control 
Center:

	System Administration -> Login Manager :: Background

Then the: "$KDEDIR/bin/startkde" script might be setting the background:

	xsetroot -solid <color>

and you probably want to simply remove that, but don't remove:

	xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr

And then finally there is the Desktop background in the Control Center:

	Appearance & Themes -> Background

And then there are utilities such as xloadimage that can also set the 
root background color.

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JRT