From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 17:14:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD0E016A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:14:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C15D43D3F for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:14:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:14:37 -0600 Message-ID: <4208F37E.8090000@daleco.biz> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:14:38 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: crzdgns1@starpower.net References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Feb 2005 17:14:37.0739 (UTC) FILETIME=[AB0C3FB0:01C50E01] cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wallpaper for blackbox X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:14:41 -0000 crzdgns1@starpower.net wrote: >Hello, > >I recently installed blackbox on my PII Celeron (FreeBSD-5.3- >RELEASE, Xorg) and am very happy with its minimalist approach. >One of the things I do miss from windows XP is the ability to use my >own pictures, or pictures I've downloaded, as wallpaper. Is there a >way in blackbox to use my own pictures as wallpaper? How and >where do I find more information? > >Thanks > >Mark > > Been a while since I used bb/fb (though I did like 'em). IIRC, styles go under: /usr/X11R6/share/blackbox/styles/ These are simply config type files that list various options for the window manager. One of the final lines was something like this: rootCommand: wmsetbg --scale /path/to/myphoto.jpg which simply tells the wm to set the root window's background to your preferred photo. Another cool place to look for info might be bsdforums.org; IIRC, there's a long thread there of people showing off their eye candy; you can pick up ideas and URL's of wallpapers, and probably a style file or two as well. HTH, Kevin Kinsey