fluxbox background won't set

B-Con · 2008-03-31 20:12:10

Just (seriously) trying Fluxbox for the first time and I'm having trouble getting my background to automatically set. I have

fbsetbg -f /my/bg/image.png

in ~/.fluxbox/startup and when I start fluxbox I see said wallpaper flicker on screen for a nano second before flux goes to the theme's default grey background. If I enter the command manually after fluxbox has started the wallpaper stays.

Any ideas what might be wrong? (I'm using feh, btw.)

ghostHack · 2008-03-31 21:00:29

The default theme appears to define its own background which is over-riding the one you are setting since fbsetbg is being executed before fluxbox has started. if you chage the entry to something like

( sleep 2 &&  fbsetbg -f /my/bg/image.png ) &

that should delay the execution of fbsetbg until after fluxbox is running and you should see your desired background.

B-Con · 2008-04-02 00:38:22

That's what I suspected was the problem. Thanks, that solves the issue.

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#1 2008-03-31 20:12:10

fluxbox background won't set

#2 2008-03-31 21:00:29

Re: fluxbox background won't set

#3 2008-04-02 00:38:22

Re: fluxbox background won't set

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