fbsetbg: Something went wrong while setting the wallpaper.

[svetylk0]

Binary package hint: fluxbox

Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

fluxbox:
  Instalovaná verze: 1.1.1-1
  Kandidát: 1.1.1-1
  Tabulka verzí:
 *** 1.1.1-1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Hello,
I wanted to set the default background in my Fluxbox in ~/.fluxbox/overlay file.
Its current content is:

background: aspect
background.pixmap: /home/hacx/obrazky/yellowgradient.jpg

When Fluxbox starts, or when I restart fluxbox, I get a small window saying:

fbsetbg: Something went wrong while setting the wallpaper.
Run 'display -geometry 1024x768+0+0 -window root /home/hacx/obrazky/yellowgradient.jpg' from an xterm to find out what.

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When i run "display -geometry 1024x768+0+0 -window root /home/hacx/obrazky/yellowgradient.jpg", I get no error. Even before this message occurs, the background
is also displayed properly.

So I am wondering, why does this message always pop up, if everything seems alright? :-)

Thanks in advance, for suggestions.
Regards, Tony.

[svetylk0 (svetylk0)]

Temporarily solved with:

sudo chmod -x /usr/bin/fbsetbg

And the issue is gone :-)

[samba (sambismo)]

me too, any suggestion to fix it ?

ubuntu 9.10
 fluxbox 1.1.1-2

 $ fbsetbg -r .wallpaper/
xmessage:
  fbsetbg: Something went wrong while setting the wallpaper.
  Run 'display -geometry 1280x800+0+0 -window root .wallpaper//Phoenix_by_mrwonderful28.png' from an xterm to find out what.

[samba (sambismo)]

fixed testing fbsetbg with option -i , then installing "feh"

$ fbsetbg -i

display doesn't set the wallpaper properly. Transparency for fluxbox and apps like aterm and xchat won't work right with it. Consider installing feh, wmsetbg (from windowmaker) or Esetroot (from Eterm) and I'll use them instead.

$ sudo aptitude install feh

fixed ;)

[Paul Tagliamonte (paultag)]

I'd consider this an issue. This should not be a stock issue, there is zero reason to install extra software to set a background. I'll handle this upstream.

Thanks!

[Paul Tagliamonte (paultag)]

Debian Bug #569361.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569361