fluxbox

g452 · 04-19-2004, 04:16 PM

i want to know if one can have diffrent wallpapers in fluxbox like u have in KDE for example ??

or even random ones ??

i only have fluxbox on my distro (my choice, don't want KDE or Gnome)

thanx

Aeiri · 04-19-2004, 04:33 PM

Add this to "~/.fluxbox/init":

Quote:

session.screen0.rootCommand: bsetbg -f backgroundimage.ext

Komakino · 04-19-2004, 04:40 PM

To have a random image put the following in a file and save it as chooser.pl

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

@filenames = `ls ./images/*.jpg`;

$size = $#filenames;
$random = rand($size);

print STDOUT $filenames[$random]."\n";

change ./images/*.jpg to point to a directory where you have images stored (but keep the *.jpg bit so it only searches for image files with a .jpg extension)

make it executable by doing

Code:

chmod +x chooser.pl

and then in the ~/.fluxbox/init file change the following line so it reads as follows:

Code:

bsetbg -f `/home/sab300/chooser.pl`

Those are backticks. not apostrophes around /home/sab300 etc....obviously change that line to point to where you stored the chooser.pl file.

g452 · 04-19-2004, 04:45 PM

sorry for being so slow

but will this command do ??

allow me to have diff background on my desktops ??

thanx for the reply

Komakino · 04-19-2004, 04:48 PM

[double post - has anyone considered setting this forum up so users can delete their own posts? Might make life easier...]

Komakino · 04-19-2004, 04:49 PM

If all you want to do is have an image as your fb background then follow what the first guy said, replacing backgroundimage.ext with the image you want as wallpaper.
There's a hidden folder in your home directory called .fluxbox (hidden files start with a . ) and inside that is a file called init which contains a line

Code:

session.screen0.rootCommand:

to make that set the image, change it to:

Code:

session.screen0.rootCommand: bsetbg -f image.jpg

where image.jpg is your wallpaper. bsetbg is a script to put an image as wallpaper.

If you want a random image then follow the advice I posted earlier.