How to change wallpaper

pacranch · 06-24-2005, 04:00 PM

Hi Guys

Anybody know how to change the wallpaper (in X)?

Thanks,

Mike (pacranch)

synaptical · 06-24-2005, 04:19 PM

what wm are you using?

pacranch · 06-24-2005, 08:50 PM

Would I sound like a rank noob if I said, "huh", it's the one that comes up automatically when you run Amigo.

Mike (pacranch)

synaptical · 06-24-2005, 09:09 PM

hmmm, i don't know what that is. does it have a lot of "Ks" around, with a taskbar on the bottom like windows, or does everything begin with "G" and there's a bar across the top like on a mac OS?

whichever one it is, you'll probably find some sort of control panel utility in the menus. just look for a "background" option. you might even be able to change it with the "fbsetbg /path/to/wallpaper.jpg" command (fbsetbg -h or man fbsetbg for options). you'd have to put that in a startup file somewhere though (.xinitrc, etc.) to get it to load every time with X.

pacranch · 06-24-2005, 09:41 PM

Nope, not KDE nor Gnome. Everything's all X this, X that (xTerm, and similar). Not a hit anywhere about other in the Appearance menus, though there are two different choices for background image.

Mike (pacranch)

hackerarchangel · 06-26-2005, 01:52 AM

um, if you run xwmconfig from the Xterm, you'll get to pick your X window manager. Select The one called Window Manager, has some different themes to it by going down in the menu to Appearance

hackerarchangel · 06-26-2005, 01:53 AM

oh wait, you run Amigo XP! stupid me...

pacranch · 06-26-2005, 05:10 AM

Already know how to flip through the menus. What I need to know is how to use original work as a background. Probably a hack of a config somewhere, but which one?

Mike (pacranch)

gnashley · 06-26-2005, 06:03 AM

First of all there are several ways to get a background. One way is with the Window Manager.
Under Amigo and Amigo-XP the default window manager is WindowMaker. The ROX-Filer can also display a background.
Right click on desktop(appearance) for the WindowMaker window manager settings. right-click on a ROX-filer window and choose options to set ROX-contolled settings.

pacranch · 06-27-2005, 01:30 PM

***or***

You can just right click any desktop icon and select 'backdrop' which opens a little panel that you drag and drop the graphic onto, instantly changes the desktop background. Discovered this by accident, and figured backdrop ***might*** mean background.

Mike (pacranch)