Re: Setting wallpaper (solved)

You do no need to bother this much.

Add the following in ~/.fluxbox/menu

[submenu] (Choose a wallpaper...) {} <>
  [wallpapers] (~/.fluxbox/backgrounds) {} <>
  [wallpapers] (/usr/share/fluxbox/backgrounds) {} <>
[end]

> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 at 11:47 PM
> From: "Tim Johnson" <[email protected]>
> To: "Fluxbox Support" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Fluxbox-users] 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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