On 05/25/2017 06:08 AM, Dejan Jocic wrote: > On 25-05-17, 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 >> >> >> >> > It's been a while since I've used feh for background. Anyway, it should > save your choice in .fehbg file. And you should add that file to > autostart, to preserve your background settings. > That is what the man page says, and it does indeed create the ~/.fehbg file. But for whatever reason, I have not needed to invoke said file. My background continues to work, even across a re-boot after having invoked feh --bg-fill ... > >
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