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Dekusola

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Registered: 2014-07-12

Posts: 3

[SOLVED] SLiM background no longer persists with Openbox

Hello,

I've been using SLiM and Openbox in conjunction for a while now, and one of the features I really liked was how, after logging in, the slim theme would become the Openbox desktop background.

(I didn't set up any configuration file to do this. It happens by default, and as far as I know it might be a bug.)

Recently, I decided to try out some other login managers. Eventually, I decided to return to using SLiM.

Now, however, after logging in, Openbox blanks the screen, replacing the SLiM theme with the default grey background.

I don't know if one of the other login managers modified some configuration files, or if something completely different is happening.

In short, I have two questions:

1. Has anyone else experienced this behaviour between SLiM and Openbox? If so, can anyone confirm whether or not the persistent background is a bug or intentional?

2. What files cause Openbox to blank the screen on startup? How could I disable this?

Thanks in advance for your help/input, everyone.

Last edited by Dekusola (2014-08-05 20:49:08)

fungle

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Registered: 2014-05-01

Posts: 81

Re: [SOLVED] SLiM background no longer persists with Openbox

I'm pretty sure this behavior is a bug. I use SLIM and if you don't set the background after you log in, the SLIM background will persist including any prompts that might pop up (try pressing F1 to bring up the WM selection prompt and then log in to see what I mean).
I use hsetroot from the AUR with Openbox to set the background at start up by putting it in ~/.config/openbox/autostart.
There are also other similiar programs you can use to set the background with openbox like nitrogen, feh, to name a few. Take your pick.
Here is the relevant section from the openbox wiki page https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op … d_programs

Dekusola

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Registered: 2014-07-12

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] SLiM background no longer persists with Openbox

Thanks for your insight, fungie!

It turns out that xsetroot was installed as a dependency for another DM and was being run at startup.

After uninstalling it, Openbox now retains the SLiM themes

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] SLiM background no longer persists with Openbox

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