tvtwm xsetroot x r and sparc keyboard hi please reply to me direct as i am not a member of this list i am new to x so please excuse my lax read probably incorrect terminology environment sun sparc sunos x r path level my x process is started by xdm i i want to setup the backgroud root window of the tvtwm display to display the escherknot etc grey is a very boring colour to work on the setup is as follows lib x xdm xsetup xsetroot bitmap etc user xsession xsetroot etc tvtwm there are also tvtwmrc and xdefaults files in the user home directory the xsetroot in xsetup displays the appropriate bitmap in the xdm login window as expected very nice unfortunately when the users session is started the background of the tvtwm window reverts to grey if i manually type xsetroot in an xterm window when the session has started the background is changed as expected the question is how do i retain the background from the login window and or specify a new background on a per user basis as part of the the users session startup ii when i open an xterm on the sparc not all of the keys are recognised and some keys on the keyboard are not sending the correct characters ie real key key shown on screen hash back slash tilde pipe double quote at symbol pound hash cursor key not recognised this is very annoying is x at fault here or the machine setup i have installed the xterm drivers that came with x r in both terminfo and termcap as they seemed more uptodate typing set in an xterm window shows a terminal type of xterm as expected any help on how to correct either of these problems much appreciated thanks dave janet d haywood uk ac sheffield hallam dave haywood or d haywood uk ac shu computer services internet d haywood shu ac uk sheffield hallam university telex shpoly g pond street tel sheffield s wb england fax x i d s haywood o sheffield hallam prmd uk ac admd c gb x c gb o sheffield hallam university ou computer services cn dave haywood
