Desktop image?

Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Tue Sep 19 14:42:01 UTC 2006


Myles Green wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:17:17 -0400
> Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Myles Green wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:46:40 +0100
>>> Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> On the desktop display [xfce] the background is an "F" with
>>>>> what I suppose are bubbles.  I need to clear that space
>>>>> to eliminate interference with the gkrellm display which
>>>>> I run with a theme that provides a transparent background.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone tell me where to find the image file so that I
>>>>> can change it?
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Right click on the desktop and select "Change Desktop Background"
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> That won't work with Xfce. You'll need to go (in the menu) to Settings
>>> --> Settings Manager and then choose Desktop. You should be able to
>>> find your way from there.
>>>
>>> HTH, Myles
>>>   
>>>       
>> Yes, I know that and I have done so this morning but
>> I find that function erratic for whatever reason, yesterday
>> it didn't work?  This morning it does, and I have had that
>> problem on several computers set up similarly?
>>
>> I would prefer to change the file that makes the image
>> if possible.  But I don't know it's name ...
>>     
>
> Right. Well, you should be able to find the name of the image from that
> dialog. Barring that it lives in /usr/share/backgrounds/images/. I'd just
> tell you the name but I'm using Rawhide with Fvwm (fvwm-crystal) so my
> system is quite different from yours at the moment.
>
> HTH, Myles
>   
Ok, thanks much, I will go from there.

Bob Goodwin




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