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RE: [TCLUG:3548] xdm



Yes, xsnow should be killed off at the start of the new session
automagically.  If not, you can have it stopped by adding 
"killall xsnow || echo -n" to GiveConsole.  I'm pretty sure this isn't
necessary.

Peter Lukas

On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Tom Cross wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Peter Lukas wrote:
> 
> > # Set up some seasonal goodies.
> > # First, see if xsnow exists.
> > if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xsnow ]; then
> >    # We only want it to snow in the Winter.
> >    MONTH=`date +%m`
> >    if [ "$MONTH" = "12" -o "$MONTH" = "01" ]; then
> >       /usr/X11R6/bin/xsnow -notrees &
> >    fi
> > fi
> > 
> > Enjoy!  The xsnow is a nice touch.  It'd be really cool if some brave
> > soul would want to hack it so that it will have a falling leaves option!
> > :-)
> 
> This is a cool idea...  Does xsnow go away after you log in automatically?  
> 
> BTW:  I didn't know you could do the "-notrees" option....  cool...
> 
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