xfwm4 background

[Stefan Stuhr]

tor, 05 03 2009 kl. 12:18 +0100, skrev Christian Schaubschlaeger:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm using xfwm4 as standalone window manager (ie. I don't
> use the rest of the xfce applications). My question is if
> and how I can display a background image (I tried to set
> a bg image on the X11 root window using xv -root, but
> when xfwm4 starts, the background becomes solid grey).

You are using the compositor in Xfwm4, so you will need a desktop
manager. Xfdesktop is the desktop manager that comes with Xfce.

It isn't hard to develop a very basic desktop manager; I know this from
having written one in PyGTK.

> Thanks
> Christian

Stefan