On 09 Jul 2003 22:40:58 -0400, parv wrote:
>
> 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
The idea is ok, but the example lines are incorrect.
As it is written (running xv in foreground) it wastes 2 sec for nothing.
This would be more correct:
(xv -quit -root <image> && aterm) &
Or:
xv -quit -root <image> &
(sleep 3 && aterm) &
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Wed Jul 09 2003 - 22:06:00 BST