Jacob S wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:48:21 +0100 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jacob S wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:30:12 +0100 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I just resently installed debian testing onto my laptop, i have
selected a nice theme... but i cant set a nice background.... could
someone tell me how i can set a background and what format it needs
to>be in ?
Icepref is the easiest tool I have found for changing icewm settings, including wallpaper. (apt-get install icepref, if it's not already installed.) Run icepref from a rxvt or xterm and you can change a ton of settings in icewm to work the way you want them to. Go to the 'Background' tab in the left column to tell it what wallpaper you want.
I commonly use .jpg files for wallpaper. I'm not sure what other formats Icewm may support, though I would imagine it would support most any.gif, .jpg, .png or .bmp.
Also note that you'll need to log out of X and back in before it will use your new wallpaper and settings.
Thanks for the reply!
I installed icepref and used it to set the background, then logged out
and in again but there is still no background image... is there a certain format the image needs to be in to work?
Are you starting X by running 'startx' from the command line, or are you using a Display Manager, like kdm, gdm, xdm, etc.?
Gdm starts everything properly for me, when I tell it to use IceWM at login time. However, from the command line I have had to add the following to ~/.xsession :
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/icewmbg & /usr/bin/icewm
(Also note that /usr/bin/icewm can be replaced with /usr/bin/icewm-gnome, depending on which you have installed and which you want to use.)
HTH, Jacob
Hey!
Thanks for that! i added /usr/bin/icewmbg & to my .xsession and it worked great :)
Thanks Grant.
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