On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:27:21PM +0000, John Carline wrote:
> ktb wrote:
>
> > I've got a command I run as a regular user that works just fine
> > from the command line but when I put it in my ~.xinitrc it
> > doesn't work the command is -
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xsetbg -onroot -at 0,0 /home/kent/img.jpg
> > The file also contains "fvwm" to load the window manager.
> >
> > Permissions for .xinitrc -
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 kent kent 118 Dec 4 21:13 .xinitrc
> >
> > Why isn't this working for me?
> > Thanks,
> > kent
> >
>
> If I understand you correctly, you're running fvwm and want to paint the root
> window with your .jpg when you boot the window manager.
>
> I use fvwm95, but I suspect it's basically the same. If so, the best place to
> put that command (and others like it) is in the ~/.fvwm/post.hook file. You'll
> probably have to create it if it's for a single user, but there should also
> be a
> system wide post.hook in the main fvwm directory (/etc/X11/fvwm ??). xli and
> xv
> both work well this way, so I suspect that xsetbg will also.
>
>
Well that got me closer:) The command -
/usr/X11R6/bin/xsetbg -onroot -at 0,0 -border black img.jpeg
loads the image now in the root window but instead of placing
the image in the upper left hand corner it tiles the image. If
I run the same command at the command line it places the image
in the corner as I like. I'll go back to the manpage but if
anyone knows why loading the command from post.hook changes the
behavior of xsetbg let me know.
Thanks,
kent
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