gnome background..

russianpirate · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject: gnome background..

i changed the color on the gnome background, then i put up a wallpaper, but while im loading gnome, neither the color nor the wallpaper is seen (because nautilus is not yet loaded), but how do i change the color of the background when gnome is loading?

lamekain · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject:

i'm not sure, but you could try something like hsetroot or feh to set the X's root bitmap. That would show up before nautilus starts up.
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russianpirate · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:09 pm Post subject:

how do i do it using feh?
or hsetroot?

lamekain · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:21 pm Post subject:

i've never used hsetroot.. should be quite easy. probably you just name the file and then which way you want it (tiled, scaled, etc).

With feh you can open the file and then right-clicking on it brings a menu where you can select to put it as background.

And as always with Linux, just install the package and read the manual pages. Those will tell you everything you need to know and more

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Naib · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:

The command you need is "xrootset"

but since you seem to be using GNOME

startup "gdmsetup" as root
and under "standard greeter" is a BG colour option. Although the nice graphical loader is nice, it reverts to the standard once logon occurs.

otherwise, edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf (which gdmsetup does) and find the relevant point
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russianpirate · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject:

thanks for the help
ps: hsetroot can render colors for the background.. but i didnt quite understand how to the set the bg at boot

russianpirate · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:04 am Post subject:

in gdm.. i set both the background and the color.. but only the color applied although i said do not use color even if remote.. so wat might be the problem?
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russianpirate · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject:

i think this is a bug in gnome.. but u can set it using xsetroot.. anyway to add the xsetroot command to gdm (gnome) loading script so it shows up before anything else in gnome? thanks