I've searched here about fluxbox, and thanks, I got quite a lot of info from here.

Howver, I tried to customize my fluxbox and to fbsetbg the wallpaper. I put the code in ~/.fluxbox/startup
But during the starting, the wallpaper only shows 1/10 sec and then gone.

Is it somewhere else I should put the above code to, instead of putting in startup file?

And one more question. In the apps file, I try this code:
I want the Thunar would start in Workpsace 4. But it never jumps to workspace 4. Whats wrong with this code?

Thanks in advance.

I also set my wallpaper from the ~/.fluxbox/startup file. (I call a script that I found on the FVWM site that changes the wallpaper every so many minutes, but it's been so long since I set it up that I can't remember exactly how I made it work, and I think the podcast that taught me how to do so is no longer on line.)

I'd look at ~/.fluxbox/init. If there is a background/wallpaper setting in the init file, it might be causing a conflict. You might also look in the lastwallpaper file, but I don't think that it's a likely culprit. Also, what style are you using? That may be a factor.

Here's a link to the Fluxbox wiki; it might help: http://fluxbox-wiki.org/category/howtos/en/index.html

Let us know what you find. We can puzzle this out.

I've never mucked about in the apps file, so I can't help with that. I use the Fluxbox menu settings that appear when you right-click on the title bar of an application to tell the application whether it is "sticky" or not, but I've not directed an application to a specific workspace using that method. However, I think you can do so with right-click-->Remember-->Workspace.

Fluxbox rocks. It is my go-to GUI environment. E is my second choice. The rest can pound salt, for all I care, he said tactfully. (Although MATE is less annoying than most of the others, especially when combined with KDE applications.)

Thanks Frank.

I am using bloe style. After I comment the following codes in theme.cfg, then the wallpaper shows on the desktop.
I am still trying to figure out the [app] things.

Congrats! Nice job of tracking down the culprit.

(Bloe's a nice style.)

i remember fluxbox has a setting, or a file where you can put overrides, i.e. it will always have priority over the theme if you put your wallpaper command there.
that way you don't have to edit (all) themes.

I just found a solution for it.
For the other fluxbox users reference:
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/category/how...ackground.html

notklaatu has been kind enough to link me up with his podcast on configuring Fluxbox. It's the one that got me started towards making Fluxbox do what I wanted it to do.

You can find it here: http://gnuworldorder.ml/audiophile/archive/season5/

It's episode 5x03.

If you want to learn Fluxbox, it's the best place to start that I know.

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