Xorg recurring background

Sun May 3 20:08:30 UTC 2020

What is the #!/bin/sh for?
If I'm using xdm and xorg why would it be exec xterm and not exec xdm or exec xorg?

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Subject: Re: Xorg recurring background

If you really only want to use xterm and no window manager, this would mean:

chmod 700 /home/youruser/.xsession

Then, make sure /home/youruser/.xsession contains at least:

#!/bin/sh
feh --bg-center $HOME/Downloads/wallpaper1.jpg
exec xterm

(I would assume that you would use something basic like twm though, in which case the last line would read: exec twm)

On 3. May 2020, at 19:53, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com> wrote:

Yes I changed it. I am only using xorg and xterms. No desktop environment.

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Subject: Re: Xorg recurring background

So .xsession is relevant to you.

Can you change the command to contain the absolute path to the wallpaper file?
 (/home/youruser/Downloads/wallpaper1.jpg).

Also, which window manager/desktop environment are you using?

On 3. May 2020, at 19:32, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com> wrote:

I'm using xdm and xorg, and there is nothing in either but this command.

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Subject: Re: Xorg recurring background

On 3. May 2020, at 19:12, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com> wrote:

Ok I did, "feh --bg-center Downloads/wallpaper1.jpg" in .xinitrc
What does PATH and $HOME mean?

PATH is the environment variable where your shell finds programs (e.g. feh is in /usr/local/bin). You can show your environment by calling “env”.

$HOME is a variable containing your user’s home directory. So in your example I would suggest to put:

/usr/local/bin/feh --bg-center $HOME/Downloads/wallpaper1.jpg

in there.

I copied my .xinitrc to .xsession. Can you tell me why I'm supposed to do this?

You would do this if you use a graphical login session manager like xdm or gdm. If you start X using “startx”, ~/.xinitrc is enough (~ is an alias for your home directory)

If this doesn’t work, please share some details of your setup, especially:
- how do you start X
- which window manager are you using
- content of your ~/.xinitrc (and or ~/.xsession) file

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You probably can disable that somewhere in that app ;)

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Subject: Re: Xorg recurring background

Anything you run to set the background while X is running will also work from within those files (X is already started when they‘re executed). You have to make sure that the programs you call are found in PATH (and specify the correct path to any files you pass as parameters, like images - you can use $HOME in ~/.xinitrc)

On 3. May 2020, at 18:50, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com> wrote:

So would " feh --bg-center " in .xinitrc or .xsession work?

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Subject: Re: Xorg recurring background

Oh, so that’s what you meant with “recurring”? Like it permanently?

You can set these kind of things in ~/.xinitrc
(or if you use a session manager, ~/.xsession).

Just add the command in there before starting your window manager,

e.g.

    xmodmap ...
    xsetroot ...
    xterm&
    twm

On 3. May 2020, at 17:58, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com> wrote:

There are no options for setting background from file, or set permanently. I'm using feh, but it doesn't give option for permanent set. The wallpaper has to be set everytime the machine is turned off and on.

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Subject: Re: Xorg recurring background

Got it, thanks.

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Subject: Re: Xorg recurring background

On 3. May 2020, at 17:42, Brandon helsley <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello, could I gain assistance in setting up a recurring background in xorg?

See xsetroot(1)

https://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man1/xsetroot.1.html

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