I tried this... (suse9.3)

linux:/1 # feh --bg-scale /home/ksy/cover.jpg
feh WARNING: /home/ksy/cover.jpg - No Imlib2 loader for that file format
feh ERROR: Couldn't load image in order to set bg
linux:/1 # feh --bg-scale /home/ksy/1.png
feh WARNING: /home/ksy/1.png - No Imlib2 loader for that file format
feh ERROR: Couldn't load image in order to set bg


what is wrong???I installed imlib2 but it doesn't work still???

linux:/1 # rpm -Uvh imlib2-1.2.0-0.pm.0.i686.rpm
warning: imlib2-1.2.0-0.pm.0.i686.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5277a2fa
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package imlib2-1.2.0-0.pm.0 is already installed

what do I do?
ohh and also how can I gat one of those panels which show info about the system.. like cpu load.clock.memory load...

I use Esetroot, it is bundled with Eterm.I'm not sure but I think feh looks for something to use to load the background.Get Eterm and then load it with;
Or try feh after you install Eterm
I used feh before to load my last background and if I remember it would load it with Esetroot

hmm...see if fbsetbg works, that's what i use. if you want to set it permanently, in fluxbox there's a file called ~/.fluxbox/init and about 2/3 of the way down the page there should be a line like this:

session.screen0.rootCommand:


to which you want to add the fbsetbg call like this:

session.screen0.rootCommand: fbsetbg -f ~/pics/nasa/explosion.jpg

oh, and the monitoring program i use is gkrellm.

Esetroot doesnt want to work....
ksy@linux:~/back> Esetroot -scale /home/ksy/back/1x.png
Esetroot: Unable to load image file "/home/ksy/back/1x.png".

the image definantly exists. the path is also right..

when I tell it to open some unexisting image it says the same thing and when I tolg it to open a .jpg it again said that it is unable to load it....


fbsetbg:

ksy@linux:~/back> fbsetbg -f ~/home/ksy/1x.png
bash: fbsetbg: command not found

I think it only works in FluxBox and I am in openbox : ) I might try it later since I can't get tgis to work...

Feh:

repeats the problems with imlib2 saying that it can't fing a loader.....

maybe a permissions problem?

no id think its the permission problem since I was doing it from a root console....

the code you posted shows you logged in as ksy...it's possible that the .png or the directory it's in belong to root. every once in a while by accident i'll change the ownership of my home directory, or move something as root and forget to chown. it's unlikely that's your problem, but it's a thought.

Is there other alternative?
I dun use eterm but xterm only.

It is dull when facing a pure black screen everyday.

Sure you should be able to use fbsetbg;
What happens when you;

I don't use fluxbox, so I don't have this command in my box.

Rather I found how to set an image as background using ImageMagick:

display -dispose background -window root /home/user/desktop.jpg

Hope this help.

Using feh this lightweight image viewer, you can set this using :

feh --bg-scale /home/user/desktop.jpg



All the commands are quoted from:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Openbox