root-tail 1.2 on xfce 4.2 rc1: My solution

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On 11/25/04 11:23, Christian Heim wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 25. November 2004 10:34 schrieb Gerd Bavendiek:
> > Hi,
> >
> > yes I know this has been discussed some months ago.
> >
> > This is the only way I finally could get root-tail work again on xfce 4.2
> > rc1:
> >
> > lulu:/home/bav> cat ~/Desktop/Autostart/wrap_root_tail
> > #/bin/sh
> > sudo root-tail -id  0x1200003  -geometry +240+230 --frame
> > /var/log/messages,white /home/bav/.xsession-errors,yellow >>
> > ~/.xsession-errors 2>&1 &
> >
> > root-tail is version 1.2 coming with SuSE 9.2.
> >
> > I had no luck starting it from my .xsession. I couldn't omit the id
> > option. I have to use that geometry (using my former values I always
> > get something like: the display isn't tall enough to display a single
> > line).
> For starting in .xsession you should try the following:
> root-tail -id `xwininfo -int -name 'Desktop' | grep 'Desktop' | awk -F' ' 
> '{ print $4 }'` -geometry +240+230 .....  

or you could just follow the instructions in my xfdesktop FAQ:
http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/xfce4/#faq

	-brian ^_^