problems with wallpapers

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: problems with wallpapers
started by: axy

Posted by axy on Aug. 30 2006,19:18

hi im new in the town and i wanna know something about wallpapers...
why when i had installed in dsl in hd i cant change the wallpaper?
it show me an error the file is only read, i tried to change permissions of file but nothig hapens, please explain me how change walllpapers in dsl

bye and tahnks for attenption and this place, and excuse me for my bad english

Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 30 2006,19:48

What file are you attempting to change? If you're trying to make changes to /usr/share/fluxbox/backgrounds you're looking in the wrong place. Personal background images are stored in /home/dsl/.fluxbox/backgrounds.

If you're having trouble with file permissions in /home/dsl, there is either something messed up with your system, or you are not telling us something. Are you logged in as another user and trying to modify files in /home/dsl?

Posted by kerry on Aug. 30 2006,21:46

Wallpapers, that reminds me i came across the code to let you change backgrounds on the fly from the menu and i haven't tried it in DSL yet.

mikshaw, you want to see if it works in DSL fluxbox? Here's the code to add to the .fluxbox/menu->

[submenu] (Backgrounds)
[wallpapers] (/usr/share/fluxbox/backgrounds)
[wallpapers] (~/.fluxbox/backgrounds)
[end]
[end]

Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 30 2006,21:49

The "wallpapers" feature was added to Fluxbox during the 0.9.x development, so it will not work in DSL.

Posted by axy on Aug. 31 2006,16:39

thanks mykshaw yes you're right i was tried to change /usr/share/fluxbox/backgrounds, now i'll try in home/dsl/.fluxbox/backgrounds i take your advice and i told you later..
hey excuse me but how did you know where were stored the background images please explain me man...
and excuse me for my english...
bye and thanks again maestro :cool:

Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 31 2006,19:45

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how did you know where were stored the background images please explain me man.

I've been using fluxbox for about five years =o)
Fluxbox is installed in /usr, so its shared files are in /usr/share. /home/dsl/.fluxbox contains your own personal fluxbox files (at least it will when you copy files into it). The wallpaper tool in DSL was written to work specifically with fluxbox, so any files you add to /home/dsl/.fluxbox/backgrounds will automatically be found by this application.

Posted by axy on Sep. 01 2006,04:07

hey mikshaw it's works thank you now I put my favorites themes :laugh:

see ya