On Fri, 5/13/16, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] but I lose it once I log in To: "Go Linux" <goli...@yahoo.com> Date: Friday, May 13, 2016, 9:34 PM On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:11:16PM +0000, Go Linux wrote: > On Fri, 5/13/16, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [DNG] but I lose it once I log in > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Date: Friday, May 13, 2016, 2:06 PM > >> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 02:17:50PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: >> > On Fri, 13 May 2016 10:37:20 -0400 >> > Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: >> > >> > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 09:40:04PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: >> >> > > Hi all, >> >> > > >> >> > > I just installed the beta, in a VM, using the x64 DVD iso. >> >> > > >> >> > > In my opinion, the user interface was very pleasing. The faded >> >> > > purple is very relaxing. The fonts are all crisp and clear, even in >> >> > > a tiny VM. And I **LOVE** the fact that the titlebar of the focused >> >> > > window is an extremely different color than those without focus. >> >> > > I'm a production man, and appreciate knowing at the quickest glance >> >> > > which window has focus. >> >> > > >> >> > > Great job on the UI. >> >> > > >> >> > > SteveT >> >> > >> >> > Yes that's a nice colour I see at start-up. I wouldn't mind having >> >> > it after I log in. >> >> > >> >> > But once things are going -- I use xfce -- I have a brighgt >> >> > yellow-green screen. I seem to have nno way t change it. I can >> >> > use Applicatinos Menu -> settings to change the settings, and >> >> > they'rre still there the next time I adjust settings, but the seem to >> >> > have no effect on the actual screen. >> >> >> >> Yes. That nauseating rotten mustard color occurs on the login screen. >> >> On LXDE, it disappears and is replaced by the colors I described >> >> earlier in this thread. So the Xfce implementation fails to load the >> >> desktop graphic. Probably it's missing a command in ~/.xinitrc or its >> >> equivalent for display managers. >> > >> > I'm getting light purple on the login screen, but not in xfce. Could >> > it xfce is still depending on an systemd-ism that isn't there in >> > order to talk to itself? >> > >> -------------------------------------------- >> >> Do you have the purpy background(s) in /use/share/backgrounds? You can get >> them here: >> >> https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages/desktop-base/tree/master/backgrounds >> >> Then select the one that best fits you screen size from the desktop settings.
> All I have in /usr/share/backgrounds is an xfce directory. It has > only one background, which *is* one of the backgrounds that the xfce > settings tool offers me. Even when I pick it I instead get a plain green > background, which is *not* on the list of offered backgrounds. > > Even when I ask for a solid single-colout and specify the colour, it > ignores me and instead gives me a solid green background. > > So it looks as the problem lies elsewhere. Once I get the background > to conform to the settings tool, perhaps it will be time to find and > install purpy. > > My guess is that xfce is relying on some other tool to set the > background colour, and that other tool isn't there. > > > -- hendrik > -------------------------------------------- Something is fubared for sure. Setting backgrounds has always worked ootb for me on Xfce even when they were in various locations. Why don't you boot the refracta unofficial-devuan-live iso and see if you can change the bg there: https://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/files/unofficial_devuan_live/ If that works, it's something specific to your setup. golinux _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
