Backdrops

[edscott wilson garcia]

On mar, 2003-08-05 at 09:53, Robert Kruus wrote:
> It is rumored that edscott wilson garcia <edscott at imp.mx> wrote:
> 
> > On lun, 2003-08-04 at 17:27, Robert Kruus wrote:
> > > I use the background manager with a list of image files on a two monitor
> > > setup(xinerama enabled).  For some reason the tiled/auto/centered does not
> > > seem to have any effect for most of the files.  
> > > The files are images sized to fit exactly the resolution of the display
> > > (1400*1050), but they end up stretched across both screens.  The few smaller
> > > images (1/4  or 1/6 desktop size) work fine (tiled).  If I choose a single
> > > image and "tiled" it also works correctly.
> > > Any ideas?
> > 
> > That behaviour does not happen on my configuration where images are
> > larger than the resolution of one of the displays. Try playing with the
> > image size to pinpoint the source of the problem.
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > Edscott
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> It still insists on stretching the images across the screens, unless the I size
> them small enough to tile on one screen (1/2 width).  Making them larger has no
> effect.  Again it only seem to be an issue with a list of desktop images, not
> single images -- the style acts similar to auto for a single image (no matter
> which style you select).
> Not really a big deal though.

You might have an old version of the xfce4 binaries in your path. Some
time ago only the auto was available for the list of images, but that
was changed (I'm sorry I can't remember when).

regards,

Edscott