On 28 Nov 2002 22:44:28 -0500 Dan Clowater <clowater@cogeco.ca> wrote: > Well we can see the joys of email in this thread. Far too often > people say things that become misinterpreted. I definitely have > overreacted to email/messengers before - just because its so easy to > give/take the wrong impression! So let's not take this stuff too > personal, even when someone inevetibly takes a cheap shot at something > write - its a discussion list not a trial affidavid. =) SEW if you > wanna flame someone - email them directly - not wasting people's time > on the list. Please oh please for the love of cod! LOL > > ......Digressing all the way - I saw this thred and though gee I want > to get that running. I grabbed the rpm and installed it. I am running > the 2.4.18-18.8.0 kernel with Gnome 2.(whatever it is) ;) I have the > background with Nautalus set to none. Well the chbg is doing nuffin > but sitting there sleeping. Any thoughts on how to get this to run? > > Cheers, > DC > > The setup dialogue box opens up and I can fiddle away with settings. > Now I tried to start it and nothing. Alright. Once you add backgrounds there are some buttons you can push. One of those is "Hide Setup window and run with actual settings." That does what it says. Is that not working for you? Have you played with the various settings, etc? I had to set "Effects/Picture changing effect" and "Effects/Background shading effect" to None to get things working OK. Basically, once backgrounds are added and the settings are made, it should run fine. At last it's been doing that for me for a couple of years (or more) now. If you manage to get it working, you can avoid the popup window with "chbg -scenario ~/<name> &" in your .xsession or .xinitrc (depends on how you log in, and is a subject for another discussion). Substitute whatever name you give it when saving it for <name>. In my case I called it chbg so I wouldn't get confused about the purpose later on. You should perhaps read the docs to tell you more about using it. It depends on who packaged it for where they're located (I package my own and have them in an odd place). Typing: rpm -ql chbg will give a list of everything in the RPM and show you where the docs are located. Not sure if it makes any difference, but I dumped nautilus before starting chbg up. I don't know if it ever interfered, but I had other problems with it and haven't kept in installed for a long time now. That may or may not keep it from working right. -- Sarcasm is just one of the many services we offer. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
