I have just re-installed my Salix 14.1 with fluxbox.
I updated and upgraded everything. It is working, except that I am no longer able to set any wallpaper, except those included by default.
The original install allowed me to do this, but now nothing happens.
When I click on desktop preferences, I get the following error message.
Screenshot.
Puzzled.

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Can you set the desktop wallpaper using the fbsetbg command?

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Thank you for the response, and the link.
This is all new to me, but yes I can set the wallpaper using the fbsetbg command.
I see also that i have feh installed.
Not sure where to go from here, I have this set as wallpaper, using the instructions.(screenshot) Not that I want this, I want to pull up something from my pictures but when I do and and click on the "set as wallpaper"
nothing happens.

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It sounds to me like that desktop manager thingee is broke, but I have no idea what the problem may be, as I've never used it. If you can find out the command line name of the desktop manager program, you might try starting it from the command line and post any error messages it throws; they might shed some light on the problem. Just a suggestion.

But, really, once you get to know Fluxbox, you may find that you don't need it.

I pretty much use barebones Fluxbox without any extras. I started using it when I really didn't know much about Linux, so I was forced to learn it.

(I have configured it up quite nicely to have all the eye candy I desire. You can see a screenshot here.)

Wish I could help more with the desktop manager.

Just for grins and giggles, here's the script I use to manage my wallpaper display. It's a variation of script I found on the FVWM website when I was playing with FVWM several years ago.

It changes the wallpaper every 30 minutes.

Yeah, I think setting it in your config file is better, as frankbell says.

Here's a snippet from my ~/.fluxbox/startup file:

fbsetbg sets the background to a KDE wallpaper in my graphics directory.

It does that every time I start fluxbox (that is, every time I login to my computer).

Actually, that script is called in my ~/.fluxbox/startup file.

And kudos to notKlaatu. In another incarnation, he taught me to understand Fluxbox.

I should mention how to do the same with feh.


The command to set a background would be something like...

When you use feh to set the wallpaper, it stores what you did in ~/.fehbg, meaning you can put this into ~/.fluxbox/startup

and feh will take care of the rest.

The nice thing about this is that it allows for persistent overrides; you get tired of your wallpaper? feh in a new one, and that'll be your new one until you get tired of that one.

You would want to do one or the other; it would be silly, unless there's a use-case I'm just not thinking of, to use feh and fbsetbg in your startup file.

Okay, thank you both, I will do some experimenting with this.

I admit that I have never set any wallpaper in Fluxbox other than by including it in the style-definition, i.e. one of the files theme.cfg:

I guess that Fluxbox calls whichever suitable program is installed to set the background.

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I am wondering here. would I create a new folder called
/graphics/wallpaper.png, and move some picture files into it?
And if so, I assume each file needs a unique name to be compatible with feh?

The thing I find puzzling is that I used to be able to simply open
a picture file, click on set as wallpaper and voila.

I downloaded and installed Salix 14.2 beta 1, but could not connect to the internet with it, so I reinstalled Salix14.1 thinking that might work, but no luck.

I did get Salix 14.2 beta 1 connected using my AirCard network, so I am going to
continue to test this for awhile.
Although this is xfce and not fluxbox, I am able to get the wallpaper I wanted plus
this version comes with Libre Office already installed.
I still haven't figured out fluxbox, but I intend to install lubuntu and put fluxbox
on it, and continue the learning curve.

Yes. I keep my wallpapers in a directory cleverly named ~/wallpapers.

Yes, each file would have to have a unique name, but not because of feh.

That's part of the difference between a "window manager" such as Fluxobox and a "desktop environmnent such as KDE, XFCE, or Gnome. Window managers don't have a bunch of GUI bells and whistles. This article does a pretty good job of summarizing the difference between the two. http://www.linux.org/threads/desktop...managers.7802/

Thanks for the help, frankbell.

Thank you.

I will direct your attention to this post: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2/#post5550794

If you want to become adept at Fluxbox, it will point you toward a good place to start.

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Thank you for the link, this looks interesting.