Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:23:04 -0400 From: Forsetti <matt@forsetti.com> To: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xv not working right? Message-ID: <3D3C3F78.7040908@forsetti.com> References: <20020722171149.71948.qmail@web10108.mail.yahoo.com>
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twig les wrote: >Hey all, I'm trying to use xv to get a background pic >on my laptop and it's not quite working as expected. > >I'm running 4.6 release (everything else works great) >with xv-3.10a_2. My desktop is windowmaker. The >command I put in my user's .xinitrc is this: > >xv -quit -root /usr/home/twigles/pic.jpg > >and now when I start X the picture flashes for about a >second then bails. I suppose I could run xv in the >background but that seems like a clumsy way to get a >simple backdrop. > >===== >----------------------------------------------------------- >All warfare is based on deception. >----------------------------------------------------------- > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better >http://health.yahoo.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > I believe WindowMaker does its own background management, using wmsetbg. It's pretty easy to set a background using the wmakerconf port, have you tried that? You can also set the background in the config files in your ~/GNUstep directory. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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