Search Members Help

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic
 

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

 reply to topic new topic new poll
Topic: Basic Question, issues changing background< Next Oldest | Next Newest >
Brigham Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 1
Joined: Sep. 2005
Posted: Sep. 10 2005,06:16 QUOTE
I just started using DSL tonight and am very pleased with it. After exploring using root I decided to create a user account and operate from it instead.  

Not gonna lie, the desktop on root is pretty sleek.  I wouldn't mind the same for my user account.  However, I can't even get the wallpaper to change.  When I go to DSL-->Desktop-->wallpaper I select my picture file and install (this is when I'm logged in as user).  Nothing happens, I still have the same ugly grey background.

Any help is much appreciated for an silly, basic question.
Back to top
Profile PM 
mikshaw Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 4856
Joined: July 2004
Posted: Sep. 10 2005,14:43 QUOTE
The "install" button sets the background as the default in /home/dsl/.fluxbox/init.  This has no effect on any user except dsl, and has no immediate effect on the background.  Did you happen to try the "ok" button to set the background?

Keep in mind that there are many parts of the DSL system which were developed for user dsl only.

--------------
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html
Back to top
Profile PM WEB 
lostcity Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 36
Joined: July 2004
Posted: Sep. 10 2005,22:31 QUOTE
Does that explain why some of the extensions dowloaded as dsl don't show with other users?

--------------
KC8ZTJ
73's
Back to top
Profile PM YIM 
mikshaw Offline





Group: Members
Posts: 4856
Joined: July 2004
Posted: Sep. 11 2005,01:49 QUOTE
yes.  Menu items and desktop icons are created only for user dsl.  The application, in most cases, should still be available to be run by other users, but that user would need to run it from console or manually create the menu command.

--------------
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html
Back to top
Profile PM WEB 
3 replies since Sep. 10 2005,06:16 < Next Oldest | Next Newest >

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

  		reply to topic new topic new poll
Quick Reply: Basic Question

Do you wish to enable your signature for this post?
Do you wish to enable emoticons for this post?
Track this topic
View All Emoticons
View iB Code