On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 10:46:16AM -0700, Tabetha Boyajian wrote: > i am a beginner trying to use fvwm. when i start it > up, a background flashes (a pic of a galaxy) then it > changes to a splattered gray background. how does one > go about changing this gray background to something > they like better, or the previous one that dissappears > in a flash?
Look in your .xinitrc, .xsession, etc as well as .fvwm2rc. Also look in the system Xsession, xinitrc, etc. You may have to hunt some to find them, and not knowing what you're running, I don't know where to tell you to look (though the system files are most likely in either /etc/X11 or /usr X11R6/lib). >From what you're describing, something in the X11 startup chain is loading a galaxy image as a background image, and then moments later, something *else* is setting the default X/11 dithered 50% gray background. (Yes, it's unspeakably hideous, but it's the default because it works even on a 1-bit display.) Find where the image and the dithered background are being set, disable the dithered gray, and you should be set. Better still, create your own .xsession file (assuming you don't already have one, and assuming you're using a display manager that honors it) and set up whatever you want in there. -- .********* Fight Back! It may not be just YOUR life at risk. *********. : phil stracchino : unix ronin : renaissance man : mystic zen biker geek : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : 2000 CBR929RR, 1991 VFR750F3 (foully murdered), 1986 VF500F (sold) : : Linux Now! ...Because friends don't let friends use Microsoft. : -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
