HD Install :: desktop stats

I have a HD install of Dsl4.3 running inside Qemu. All I did was make the desktop background a solid color and now the stats that are usually running in the upper right hand corner are gone. How do I get a solid background color and my stats? Thanks in advance.

In terminal...

solid color -

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xsri --color=colorname

(x11 colornames: http://www.mcfedries.com/books/cightml/x11color.htm)
more xsri settings: http://linux.die.net/man/1/xsri

torsmo -

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torsmo & exit

Thank you for the reply, yes that put things right but on reboot, torsmo is gone again? This is a HD install. What file is the call for torsmo to start in so I can add it.
Thank you.
BTW your customizing of DSL is stunning--

You'd normally start torsmo in .xinitrc. Check to make sure you have a line for it that's not commented out with # (and make sure you have an ampersand -- & -- at the end of the line). Like this:
torsmo &

Thanks for the compliment.

I find that qemu usually has problems with things during X startup... I think that placing a sleep statement (or increase it if it's already there) usually helps.

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