Re: setting a backround in X

On Sat, 15 Aug 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: > however I tried find / -name xv and that program doesn't exist on my > computer, do I have to install another package. Thanks for your help. > > Mark Panzer To save you the time: xv is in non-free. Liran. --- http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/

Re: setting a backround in X

Yes you need the xv package. It is in non-free. yuck (-: if you have GNOME installed then you can grab electric eyes and do the same thing. Or you can install chameleon (it is in Slink). chameleon will also set the background of X for you (it too needs GTK). Hope this helps. chameleon, elect

setting a backround in X

According to a X homepage [http://www.gaijin.com/X/] your supposed to issue the command xv -root -quit [filename of pic.xpm] however I tried find / -name xv and that program doesn't exist on my computer, do I have to install another package. Thanks for your help. Mark Panzer