I havent had much X experience under Linux, but the Solaris system we run at school I've always had to run xli -onroot and other options to make it look pretty. joe
Joseph Palicke http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/palicke On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Karlheinz Nolte wrote: > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:08:44 +0100 > From: Karlheinz Nolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Background for fvwm2 > Resent-Date: 13 Mar 1997 13:22:00 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown:;@cs.purdue.edu > > Hi Debians, > > I have here a Debian GNU/Linux 1.2.2. It works fine for me so far. > > Yesterday I tried to apply a background picture (a GIF File) for the > fvwm window manager. As you can read in the file > /usr/doc/fvwm2/debian.README.sysrc you have only to put a file > background.gif either in the directory /etc/X11/fvwm2 or in ~/.fvwm2 > > But this dosn't work. Of course I restarted fvwm2. Nothing happend. > > Have I do additional things? > > Hoping for help, > Karlheinz > -- > Karlheinz Nolte, VS/ETB5, ALCATEL SEL AG > D-70430 Stuttgart, Germany > Tel.: +49-711-821-41834 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >