Can't set Desktop background in Fluxbox

ChemicalGold · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 31

I write:

_loki_ · l33t Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 680 Location: in the shell

do you have feh or eterm installed? Better use fbsetbg instead of bsetbg..

ChemicalGold · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 31

I've emerged feh, but the problem still remains.

I noticed that at the begining it seems to draw my desired wallpaper but when it loads the rest of the desktop elements, the wallpaper returns to blue.

Here's my ~.fluxbox/startup:

Shameless Cookie · n00b Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 9

Do you have a desktop manager installed, such as idesk?

ChemicalGold · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 31

nop!

I'm trying to minimalize my system. I'm only interesred in changing the background.

_loki_ · l33t Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 680 Location: in the shell

if the wallpaper is drawed in the first place and then overdrawn again, there must be an other programm that's doing that. I had that kind of problem with idesk, too after they builded in a function for drawing backgrounds, my desktop kept on turning green. What else do you use, to creat your desktop?

luna80 · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

feminista · Apprentice Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 182

Well, the official way to set fluxbox backgrounds on startup is to put something like this in your style file:

_loki_ · l33t Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 680 Location: in the shell

luna80 · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject:

_loki_ · l33t Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 680 Location: in the shell

sure i understand! I'm not native myself, so..
For me it was the same: idesk should draw icons and thats it.. For me it somehow got bloated and unstable, as I was using other adesklets before, it was logical to switch to deskicon. fbicon works perfectly, too I just never liked the look of it..

ChemicalGold · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 31

Could you tell me what other programs are bound to be overwriting my background?

At least, some clue!

luna80 · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

ChemicalGold · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 31

luna80 · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:32 am Post subject:

a question: if you set the background from the command line (with the fbsetbg command), the image change?

if yes, try to do these steps:

1. from command line do

feminista · Apprentice Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 182

ChemicalGold · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 31

luna80 · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:34 am Post subject:

cuchumino · Guru Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 428

thanx luna, helped me too there. i was having problems with setting my backround as well in fb. I read the ~/.fluxbox/init that luna suggested and i added fbsetbg -l instead.

~/.fluxbox/init

breen · n00b Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 20

To set a backgroun in a style file, try adding these lines:

background: aspect | tiled | centered
background.pixmap: /path/to/wallpaper

(i.e. Choose one of aspect, tiles or centered).

As it turns out, you need both lines or styles will not load backgrounds. You should not use rootCommand in styles any longer, as these two lines above pass the arguments to fbsetbg. You still need feh or the like, and you can still override the style backgrounds with a rootCommand in your init file.

Cheers,
David