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systemovich

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Registered: 2013-05-27

Posts: 20

[SOLVED] Set Xmonad (started via kdm) wallpaper with feh on startup

How do you automatically set the Xmonad wallpaper through feh on startup when Xmonad is started via KDM?

I tried .xsessions to no avail.

~/.xsessions

#! /bin/sh

exec ~/.fehbg &

~/.fehbg

feh  --image-bg black --bg-center '/home/systemovich/Images/Wallpapers/leaf.png'

Last edited by systemovich (2013-08-15 18:54:13)

SolarBoyMatt

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Registered: 2012-01-07

Posts: 263

Re: [SOLVED] Set Xmonad (started via kdm) wallpaper with feh on startup

I don't use a DM, but I think you'd need to either create a .desktop file, or edit one that you already have.

This is for dwm but it's still applicable. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dw … ay_manager

Last edited by SolarBoyMatt (2013-08-15 15:20:37)

systemovich

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Registered: 2013-05-27

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] Set Xmonad (started via kdm) wallpaper with feh on startup

I don't use a DM, but I think you'd need to either create a .desktop file, or edit one that you already have.

This is for dwm but it's still applicable. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dw … ay_manager

Thanks for the link.

I copied /usr/share/xsessions/xmonad.desktop to /usr/share/xsessions/xmonad-personalised.desktop.

/usr/share/xsessions/xmonad-personalised.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=XMonad-Personalised
Comment=This session starts XMonad.
Exec=/usr/bin/xmonad-personalised
TryExec=/usr/bin/xmonad-personalised
Type=XSession

Then I made /usr/bin/xmonad-personalised, and made it executable.

/usr/bin/xmonad-personalised

#! /bin/sh

#Set desktop background
exec /home/systemovich/.fehbg

#Start Xmonad
exec xmonad

After choosing XMonad-Personalised from the KDM session list, and entering my password, Xmonad does not start, but I get sent back to the KDM login screen.

Last edited by systemovich (2013-08-15 18:20:20)

SolarBoyMatt

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Registered: 2012-01-07

Posts: 263

Re: [SOLVED] Set Xmonad (started via kdm) wallpaper with feh on startup

I think it's because you're using exec in the "Set desktop background" line. Try using sh instead of exec.

systemovich

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Registered: 2013-05-27

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] Set Xmonad (started via kdm) wallpaper with feh on startup

I think it's because you're using exec in the "Set desktop background" line. Try using sh instead of exec.

That was it. Thanks very much.