xfwm4 background

[Alexander Toresson]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Stefan Stuhr <xfceuserslist at sstuhr.dk> wrote:
> 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.
>

To clarify, the root window is not being drawn when a compositor is
active, and this is how it should be and is by design.

// Alexander