How do you change to a cumtom background in Window Maker?

Ekim Gram · 05-25-2003, 01:08 PM

Ok, now after I got from Gnome to Window Maker in my last topic, I would like to know how do you change the background wallpaper to a custom one? The ones they give you are pretty boring and I would like to change to my old Gnome background, which is pretty cool. I'll see if I can find a link to where I got it from. It might of been from Devian Art or some other site like that.

Ekim Gram · 05-26-2003, 06:44 AM

bump?

The desktop I have now is fine if it can't be done but if it can I would love to know.

mhearn · 05-26-2003, 07:08 AM

man xsetroot
man Esetroot

kamsin · 05-26-2003, 09:14 AM

WindowMaker has its own utility for setting the background called wmsetbg. You can configure WindowMaker to restore the same background automatically on startup by using it.

wmsetbg -u /path/to/some_image.png

The -u tells WindowMaker to update its config. Use -h (or man wmsetbg) to see all the options.

Ekim Gram · 05-26-2003, 11:07 AM

Thanks a lot Kamsin, that worked wonderfully! I'm going to be sure to keep this topic bookmarked.