FVWM: Re: question about backgrounds

From: parv <parv_fm_at_fastmail.fm>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:40:58 -0400

in message <20030709145650.GA1689_at_great-atuin.net>, wrote Eduardo
Alvarez thusly...
>
> I put a picture on the root window via the following:
>
> xv -rmode 5 -quit -root ~/bgrounds/hchaos.png
>
> I also start a transparent aterm via .xinitrc
>
> now, the problem is that the transparent aterm doesn't acquire the
> root image on startup.

In ~/.xinitrc, try sleeping for a while before starting aterm...

  xv -quit -root <image> && sleep 2
  aterm


  - Parv

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Received on Wed Jul 09 2003 - 21:39:37 BST