From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jun 25 01:44:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA22327 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 01:44:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [205.153.153.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA22309 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 01:44:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fewtch@serv.net) Received: from desktop-pentium (dialup127.serv.net [205.153.153.156]) by mx.serv.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA11575; Thu, 25 Jun 1998 01:44:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980625014351.0080c8e0@mx.serv.net> X-Sender: fewtch@mx.serv.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 01:43:51 -0700 To: Brett Taylor From: Tim Gerchmez Subject: Re: Backer module in fvwm2 doesn't seem to work... Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980624043728.00807940@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You know what I actually did was download a package called "Xearth" that puts up a nice full-screen bitmap of the planet Earth on the desktop, with cities labeled. I love it - problem solved. Thanks for the advice though, I'll keep it in mind if I get sick of the Earth bitmap. At 11:22 AM 6/24/98 -0600, you wrote: >Hi, > >> Also, is there any other way to set desktop background colors or pixmaps >> (like as in via a style setting) other than using Fvwm.Backer? > >You can certainly use xv or xli or any number of other image programs to >set the background. I don't use fvwm, but I imagine you could do >something in your .fvwmrc like I do for afterstep: > >xv -root -quit -rmode 0 background_pics/ball.jpg > >You may need an "exec" in front of this. Your other option is to put a >line like this in your .xsession or .xinitrc. > >Brett >********************************************************* >Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu >http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ > >If you meet a beautiful woman wearing skintight, clingy >lycra, and one of the first five words out of your mouth >is "Campagnolo" . . . . . you might be a cyclist. > > > -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message