Comments on: HOWTO: Set Background Wallpaper in Fluxbox?

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:44:03 +0000

Thanks, marc, I used your syntax whit another program:

[submenu] (something)
[exec] (something) {fbsetbg -f /…/path_to_file.jpg}
[end]

where “fbsetbg -f” calls for for a program such as feh (i have eset) and strechess the picture (-f).

By: Valli

Valli — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:20:59 +0000

Hi guys, nice thread.
The textformating on this page makes for me of the – - (double-minus) an — (a longer -). Which is also copied if marked and ctrl-c’d.
Thant is only a little confusing.

Greetinx

By: Clair

Clair — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:26:50 +0000

@basilisk

Noted. Thanks for the heads up!

By: basilisk

basilisk — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:09:52 +0000

The command you have specified has a little mistake. I should be {feh –bg-scale} rather than {feh -bg-scale}.

Great help though.
Thanks.

By: FifthDoctor

FifthDoctor — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:41:23 +0000

as another fun tip, I put ‘fbsetbg -r /path/to/favorite/wallpapers/’ in my init file, so now I get a new random wallpaper at every startup.

you can also set up a cron job to reset a new wallpaper whenever you want. like every ten minutes for example.

By: Ernestas

Ernestas — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:05:27 +0000

First of all, you need to install feh.
After you install it, you must be able to run command:
feh wall.jpg
And then you must see the image. If you don’t see, anything you’ll do further won’t help.

By: marc

marc — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:28:24 +0000

I did different syntax then komaton, here’s mine

[submenu] (Backgrounds)
[exec] (BSD Swirl) {feh –bg-scale /usr/home/marc/path_to_file.jpg}
[end]

By: sg

sg — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:12:08 +0000

I tried what he said

In the menu, I see all the wallpaper files, but i’m unable to click on any..Well like i can but nothing happens.

Why

By: Fluxbox rocks

Fluxbox rocks — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:54:42 +0000

I agree with kornation, his way is a lot better…

By: komaton

komaton — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:33:25 +0000

if you use feh as background image handler there is another way to set an new wallpaper

open your fluxbox menufile and insert the following lines

[submenu] (Wallpaper)
[wallpapers] (/path/to/your/wallpapers) {feh –bg-scale}
[end]

so you can change your desktop wallpaper in seconds without editing your initscript…