Jan,

Thanks for your suggestions, but it doesn't work. According to the 
documentation for gdm:

"The configuration files for GDM are located in the etc/gdm/ directory.
...
Use the Init/* script for programs that are supposed to run alongside 
with the GDM login window. xconsole for instance. Commands to set the 
background etc. goes in this file too."

I made a file called script and placed it under the Init directory, but 
this script is not being read. It just says

xsetroot -bg gray

Since I don't see how the BSD daemon is being displayed by gdm, I guess 
it is hardcoded? This is bad, when I do a make install the install 
script should create a directory called /etc/gdm with all the 
configuration variables and files. But I had to create these directories 
manually although this is the first time I am using gdm on this computer.

Actually I only found the documentation for gdm after untarring the 
tarball and searching through the docs directory, since man gdm gives me 
nothing.

So much for gdm-2.2.0! It should be 0.9 or something : )

Taro

Jan Schaumann wrote:

>Taro Fukunaga <tarozax404@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>How do I configure gdm's background? I read the README but I don't find 
>>a property to do this.
>>
>
>gdmconfig
>
>Also, see /usr/pkg/share/gnome/help/gdm/C/index.html and look at the
>various files in /usr/pkg/etc/gdm/ 
>
>-Jan
>