Xfwm4 / compositor: gray background

[Harold Aling]

On Tue, 19 May 2015 at 11:24 Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at gmail.com> wrote:

> By default, the window manager does not monitor root pixmap and uses a
> sloid gray background.
>
> If you want a wallaper, you'll need to run xfdesktop or disable the
> compositor (or rebuild xfwm4 with root pixmap support but that's
> discouraged).
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier
>

Ok, forgive my ignorance; why does Compton display my (neat) wallpaper
correctly then?

I have no interest in icons, menu or other things on my desktop. I just
want something else than a black background that I can paint dull gray by
dragging a window accross it.


-H-
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