Feh and Wallpaper Openbox Session

The Debian Series - Part VI

Feh is an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users. Unlike most other viewers, it does not have a fancy GUI, but simple displays images. It is controlled via command line arguments and configurable key/mouse actions. Feh can also be used to manage the desktop wallpaper for standalone window manager lacking such features.

To install feh :

$ sudo apt-get install feh

Installing feh.

Since you do not have any wallpaper yet, you might want to download this debian wallpaper:

$ wget -c http://www.debianart.org/cchost/people/si0ux/si0ux_-_Debblue.png

rename the file:

$ mv si0ux_-_Debblue.png mywallpaper.png

and set it as the default wallpaper :

$ feh --bg-scale mywallpaper.png

feh will create a file ~/.fehbg after running the command above. 

here is the result:

now edit the autostart.sh to make sure the wallpaper is loaded at every openbox session:

$ nano .config/openbox/autostart.sh

add 

eval `cat $HOME/.fehbg` &

Save the file and we're good.

back : Tint2 Panel.

next : Conky.

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