On 05/25/2017 05:56 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/24/2017 12:26 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: >> On 05/20/2017 09:31 PM, Michael Milliman wrote: >>> [snip] >>>>> The bug report also lists a workaround (which I haven't tried). >>>>> >>> The workaround is using the feh package to manually set the background >>> image. This does work, however, it has to be done each time you >>> log-in. It is better than nothing. Upstream also appears to have >>> a bug reported on it, and they suggest installation of mate-desktop >>> 16.2 with caja 16.3, neither of which has made it to the Debian >>> distribution as of yet. >> >> Being one who emphatically avoids graphics I found a subtle gotcha. >> >> The man page <https://manpages.debian.org/jessie/feh/feh.1.en.html> >> _mentions_ setting wallpaper in passing my noting "Use --no-xinerama to >> treat the whole X display as one screen when setting wallpapers." >> >> An example command line to use would be (as a single line): >> feh --no-xinerama >> /usr/share/backgrounds/mate/desktop/GreenTraditional.jpg >> >> It also does not mention how to set it as the wallpaper ;) >> Once the above command has displayed the chosen image: >> 1. right-click anywhere in the image >> 2. chose File->Background->Set Filled from the displayed menu/sub-menus >> > > If I had read the man page more slowly that using the menu to set the > image as wallpaper was unnecessary. Use: > feh --no-xinerama --bg-fill > /usr/share/backgrounds/mate/desktop/GreenTraditional.jpg > > And actually, the --no-xinerama flag is not needed, at least on my system. I use feh --bg-fill ... and it works just fine. Of course, that is a very limited (and safe) usage of feh. I don't think it wise to use it for anything much more (IMHO). > >
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