Re: Setting wallpaper (solved)

* Tim Johnson <[email protected]> [150307 13:49]:
> The only thing that has eluded me on fluxbox is setting a wallpaper.
> I have the following in my init file 
> 
>   session.screen0.rootCommand: fbsetbg -f  ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/Fluxbox_Wallpaper_04_by_vermaden.png
> 
>   (see http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docbook/en/html/chap-bg.html)
>  
> But no wallpaper appears. I see no errors in .xsession-errors or the
> fluxbox log file.
I presume to have a solution. For anyone's edification (or critique)
I included some code blocks.
I /usr/local/bin/set_wallpaper the following code:
###################################################################
#!/bin/bash
MYPATH=/home/tim/.fluxbox/backgrounds
MYBIN=fbsetbg
case $1 in
    "1")
                $MYBIN $MYPATH/Fluxbox_Wallpaper_04_by_vermaden.png
        ;;
    "2")
                $MYBIN $MYPATH/Fluxbox_wallpaper_2_by_endel.jpg
        ;;
    "3")
                $MYBIN $MYPATH/prairie.jpg
        ;;
    "4")
                $MYBIN $MYPATH/fluxbox_wood_wallpaper_by_ipodpunker-d7x2qgd.png
        ;;
    "5")
                $MYBIN $MYPATH/fluxbox_wallpaper_by_deviantvicky-d33ory3.jpg
        ;;
    "6")
                $MYBIN $MYPATH/fluxbox_on_mepis_11_0_glass_color_slide_by_eldervlacoste-d4xipc3.png
        ;;
    *)
       echo "Unknown option!"
       exit 1
esac
edit to one's needs ..
In ~/.fluxbox/menu the following
###################################################################
[begin] (fluxbox)
## Added submenu
  [submenu] (Frequently Used) {}
    [exec] (XFE) {/usr/bin/xfe} <>
#### second level additonal submenu	
    [submenu] (Wallpaper)
      [exec] (Vermaden) {/usr/local/bin/set_wallpaper 1} <>
      [exec] (Endel) {/usr/local/bin/set_wallpaper 2} <>
      [exec] (Prairie) {/usr/local/bin/set_wallpaper 3} <>
      [exec] (Wood) {/usr/local/bin/set_wallpaper 4} <>
      [exec] (Deviant Vicky) {/usr/local/bin/set_wallpaper 5} <>
      [exec] (Mepis) {/usr/local/bin/set_wallpaper 6} <>
    [end]
  [end]
## Default menu. Don't hack..  
[include] (/etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu)
[end]
###################################################################
and in ~/.fluxbox/init - this line
session.screen0.rootCommand: fbsetbg -l

See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/how-to-set-wallpaper-in-fluxbox-at-startup-369155/
for the first posting by oxagast. If you search for the second
occurance of 'oxagast', you will see a secondary issue, which is
prevented by the following code in ~/.fluxbox/overlay

! The following line will prevent styles from setting the background.
background: none

Thanks for the input
-- 
Tim 
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com

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