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Deltadesu

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Registered: 2011-03-03

Posts: 1

Wallpaper issues under openbox

I know how to set the wallpaper (in a number of ways, even). That's not the issue.

I'm running Arch under VirtualBox, with the guest additions installed. This allows magically setting the resolution when I change the size of the virtual screen. Unfortunately, this does not update my wallpaper's aspect ratio, so the wallpaper tiles rather than zooming to fit. How do I fix this?

For reference, I'm setting my wallpaper with

feh --bg-max ~/wallpaper-377161.jpg

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, and thanks in advance.

magpie

Member

Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 1

Re: Wallpaper issues under openbox

Hi guys, this is my first post here so be nice!

I've been agonising over this small detail for a few days now, whilst trivial I NEED feh to reapply my wallpaper when I resize my VB window - as Deltadesu mentions above feh applies the wallpaper based on the 'current' screen size, so any resolution > than the current resolution, the wallpaper tiles.

I have read about calling feh from VBoxRandR.sh - but as this doesnt exist any longer I'm stuck!

Cheers in advance :]

bonob

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Registered: 2014-02-02

Posts: 23

Re: Wallpaper issues under openbox

This is a very old question, but that's the most relevant result on the web that I could find about this problem.
I found a way to make it work, using x-on-resize.

Kartious

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From: UK

Registered: 2013-03-23

Posts: 311

Re: Wallpaper issues under openbox

I am sure if you look here, you should find your answer.

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