fbsetbg under fluxbox doesn't work

phsythax · 04-20-2007, 11:06 AM

I recently reinstalled gentoo on my computer and now i fbsetbg doesn't work, when i run

Code:

# fbsetbg -c someimg.jpg

it just spits some information about Imagemagick

Code:

# fbsetbg -c blah.jpg
Version: ImageMagick 6.3.3 04/19/07 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2007 ImageMagick Studio LLC

Usage: display [options ...] file [ [options ...] file ...]

Image Settings:
  -antialias           remove pixel-aliasing
  -authenticate value  decrypt image with this password
  -backdrop            display image centered on a backdrop
  -channel type        apply option to select image channels
  -colormap type       Shared or Private
  -colorspace type     alternate image colorspace
  -comment string      annotate image with comment
  -compress type       type of pixel compr..............

What does this mean and how do i fix this?

bathory · 04-20-2007, 04:14 PM

Somehow fbsetbg became an alias (or a symlink?) of Imagemagick's display program. Run

Code:

which fbsetg

and then

Code:

ls -l /path/to/fbsetbg

to see if it's a symlink, or run

Code:

alias

to see if it's an alias of display and try to correct it accordingly.

Regards

phsythax · 04-21-2007, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Somehow fbsetbg became an alias (or a symlink?) of Imagemagick's display program. Run

Code:

which fbsetg

and then

Code:

ls -l /path/to/fbsetbg

to see if it's a symlink, or run

Code:

alias

to see if it's an alias of display and try to correct it accordingly.

Regards

Im afraid it is already pointing to what i think is the right file;

Code:

$ which fbsetbg
/usr/bin/fbsetbg

Code:

$ ls -l /usr/bin/fbsetbg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16066 Apr 19 20:18 /usr/bin/fbsetbg

bathory · 04-21-2007, 08:05 AM

What happens if you run it using the whole path, i.e:

Code:

/usr/bin/fbsetbg -c blah.jpg

.Also note that fbsetbg is a shell script, so you can open it with an editor and take a look at its contents.

phsythax · 04-21-2007, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

What happens if you run it using the whole path, i.e:

Code:

/usr/bin/fbsetbg -c blah.jpg

.Also note that fbsetbg is a shell script, so you can open it with an editor and take a look at its contents.

That gave me same result as ordinary # fbsetbg -c blah.jpg

I tried unmerging imagemagick, then i got a error:

Code:

fbsetbg: I can't find an app to set the wallpaper with. You can install one in
many many ways but I will give you some simple advice: install Eterm and
you're set. Eterm provides Esetroot and thats a great wallpaper setter. I
recommend you install the package provided by your distro.

I tried emerging Eterm but i got another error:

Trimmed due to length.

Code:

i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -O2 -march=i686 -pipe -o .libs/Eterm main.o  -L/usr/lib ./.libs/libEterm.so /usr/lib/libImlib2.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so -lz /usr/lib/libXRes.so /usr/lib/libXmu.so /usr/lib/libXt.so -lutempter /usr/lib/libast.so /usr/lib/libSM.so /usr/lib/libICE.so /usr/lib/libpcre.so /usr/lib/libXext.so /usr/lib/libX11.so /usr/lib/libXau.so /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so -ldl -lutil -lm -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/lib:/usr/lib/Eterm
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `imlib_render_pixmaps_for_whole_image'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `imlib_context_set_display'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `imlib_render_pixmaps_for_whole_image_at_size'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `imlib_context_set_colormap'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `imlib_context_set_drawable'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `imlib_context_set_visual'
./.libs/libEterm.so: undefined reference to `imlib_free_pixmap_and_mask'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [Eterm] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4/work/Eterm-0.9.4/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4/work/Eterm-0.9.4'
make: *** [all] Error 2

!!! ERROR: x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1614:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 971:   Called qa_call 'src_compile'
  environment, line 3078:   Called src_compile
  eterm-0.9.4.ebuild, line 47:   Called die

!!! make failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
!!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/x11-terms/eterm-0.9.4/temp/build.log'.

bathory · 04-23-2007, 02:57 AM

You should take a look here about the error you get. If you've installed imlib2 correctly and you cannot install Eterm, you can use feh to set you wallpaper (mind that it also needs imlib2 and also the giblib library.

Regards

rocket357 · 04-23-2007, 03:55 AM

What USE flags are set on imlib? Just curious...

phantom_cyph · 04-23-2007, 03:40 PM

The command, if I remember correctly is:

Quote:

fbsetbg -f pathname

rocket357 · 04-23-2007, 03:48 PM

fbsetbg -c wallpaper.jpg is for centered wallpaper.

fbsetbg -f wallpaper.jpg is for fullscreen.

Try this: fbsetbg -i and post the output...if you find one you like, then you can do fbsetbg -u wallpapersetter to explicitly use that wallpaper-setter.

phantom_cyph · 04-23-2007, 04:18 PM

Oops. My bad. I'm really sorry, been a while since I used Fluxbox.

rocket357 · 04-23-2007, 10:01 PM

No need to apologise, Kalabanta...technically speaking, either way is correct heh

Pshythax: what use flags did you compile imlib with? (This next section is "just in case"...don't think I'm trying to insult your intelligence if you already know this bit)

emerge gentoolkit, then run 'equery uses imlib2' to see what use flags were enabled when you compiled imlib2. Post them here, I'm curious to see what you have going.