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Mjaakko

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Registered: 2023-06-19

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Picom doesn't tile seamless wallpapers

This may not be an Arch problem because a few other distros have the same. Default Fvwm wallpapers are small seamless images e.g. 480x480. When Picom compositor gets loaded, tiling is removed. The shadow and other effects still work fine. Has anyone come across this issue?

Last edited by Mjaakko (2023-12-06 15:11:23)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: Picom doesn't tile seamless wallpapers

The compositors pick the wallpaper pixmap from the ESETROOT_PMAP_ID and/or _XROOTPMAP_ID properties on the root window.
Fvwm probably doesn't set a full-size, pre-tiled pixmap there, but only the tile.
Can you "feh --bg-tile /path/to/tile.jpg"?

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Mjaakko

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Registered: 2023-06-19

Posts: 9

Re: Picom doesn't tile seamless wallpapers

Thanks, "feh --bg-tile" works fine. Also, tested on OpenBSD live usb, works well. So, it is a Fvwm shortcome.