Re: Icewm and backgrounds ?

From: Jacob S (stormspotter_at_6Texans.net)
Date: 09/29/04

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To: Grant <orblists@orbysrealm.com>

    On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:48:21 +0100
    Grant <orblists@orbysrealm.com> wrote:

    > Jacob S wrote:
    >
    > >On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:30:12 +0100
    > >Grant <orblists@orbysrealm.com> wrote:
    > >
    > >>I just resently installed debian testing onto my laptop, i have
    > >>selected a nice theme... but i cant set a nice background.... could
    > >>someone tell me how i can set a background and what format it needs
    > >to>be in ?
    > >
    > >Icepref is the easiest tool I have found for changing icewm settings,
    > >including wallpaper. (apt-get install icepref, if it's not already
    > >installed.) Run icepref from a rxvt or xterm and you can change a
    > >ton of settings in icewm to work the way you want them to. Go to
    > >the 'Background' tab in the left column to tell it what wallpaper you
    > >want.
    > >
    > >I commonly use .jpg files for wallpaper. I'm not sure what other
    > >formats Icewm may support, though I would imagine it would support
    > >most any.gif, .jpg, .png or .bmp.
    > >
    > >Also note that you'll need to log out of X and back in before it will
    > >use your new wallpaper and settings.
    > >
    > Thanks for the reply!
    >
    > I installed icepref and used it to set the background, then logged out
    >
    > and in again but there is still no background image... is there a
    > certain format the image needs to be in to work?

    Are you starting X by running 'startx' from the command line, or are you
    using a Display Manager, like kdm, gdm, xdm, etc.?

    Gdm starts everything properly for me, when I tell it to use IceWM at
    login time. However, from the command line I have had to add the
    following to ~/.xsession :

    #!/bin/bash

    /usr/bin/icewmbg &
    /usr/bin/icewm

    (Also note that /usr/bin/icewm can be replaced with
    /usr/bin/icewm-gnome, depending on which you have installed and which
    you want to use.)

    HTH,
    Jacob
      

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