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BlackFenix

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Registered: 2004-11-02

Posts: 61

background image in fluxbox

I don't found "xv" to set my background image in fluxbox like this: (init file in ~/.fluxbox/init)

rootCommand: xv -root -rmode 5 -quit ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/imagem.jpg

xsetroot only work with bmp.

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iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: background image in fluxbox

Install Eterm and use Esetroot or install feh to set bg

read faq for more stuff:
aslan.no-ip.com/~iphitus/fluxbox.php

mak

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Registered: 2004-03-08

Posts: 47

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Re: background image in fluxbox

hiho.

...or u could use QIV to set the wallpaper ...

qiv -z ~/bgimages/bla*.jpg &

qiv is available via pacman.

hope this helps. mak.

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BlackFenix

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Registered: 2004-11-02

Posts: 61

Re: background image in fluxbox

Ok, i follow the steps in unofficial faq.
But eterm is not avaliable after installation.

# pacman -Q eterm
eterm 0.9.3-1

# find / -name "eterm"
/var/abs/extra/x11/eterm
/usr/share/terminfo/e/eterm

# vim ~/.fluxbox/menu
...

[exec] (eterm) {eterm}

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iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: background image in fluxbox

Try uppercase, Eterm. not eterm or ETERM, but Eterm.

The Eterm wallpaper settter is called Esetroot.

scottro

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From: NYC

Registered: 2002-10-11

Posts: 466

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Re: background image in fluxbox

The fluxbox command is fbsetbg  in fluxbox 0.9.x and bsetbg in 0.1.14.

It will look for xv, qiv, Eterm, etc. 

If you have the xv program, rather than use the xv command just use fbsetbg (or bsetbg, depending upon your version) and it should set it for you--if you want it tiled use fbsetbg -t