Desktop image?

Myles Green rmg57 at telus.net
Tue Sep 19 14:27:25 UTC 2006


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
-- 
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without
your help.
		-- Miss Manners
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