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Old 04-04-2011, 08:39 PM   #1
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How can I set a root background image?

I just switched to ion3, been playing around with different window managers. Loving tiled wms!

With each wm I run into the same issue, how can I set a root desktop background image with Slackware 13.1?

Kind regards,
Chris
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Old 04-04-2011, 09:30 PM   #2
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I use feh on i3.
Last edited by brixtoncalling; 04-04-2011 at 09:42 PM. Reason: I wrote fdm instaed of feh for some reason
 
Old 04-04-2011, 09:37 PM   #3
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feh (available at www.slackbuilds.org)
 
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Old 04-04-2011, 09:46 PM   #4
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bsetbg did the trick, Thanks guys! <3

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