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Old 03-29-2004
Problem with X11 Root Window

At school, on an HP-UX or B.11.11 U 9000/785 system, my X11 root window is always set to 8-bit color, but all the child windows are 24-bit. The problem with this, is any background/wallpaper looks extremely ugly with the 8-bit color. Is there any way to make X starts with 24-bit color root window? I hope it doesn't require any kind of root access, since I don't have any on the school machines.
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FBSETBG(1)							  Fluxbox Manual							FBSETBG(1)

NAME
fbsetbg - Set a background wallpaper or pattern SYNOPSIS
fbsetbg [-uU wallpapersetter] [-fFcCtTaA] wallpaper fbsetbg [-uU wallpapersetter] -rR path fbsetbg -bB fbsetrootoptions... fbsetbg [-l|h|i|p] DESCRIPTION
fbsetbg(1) is a wrapper that tries to find a suitable background-setting app and then tries to set the wallpaper using that app. You don't have to configure fbsetbg. It just uses the first app it can find. Furthermore it supports remembering the last set wallpaper so you don't have to edit the style or init-file to change the wallpaper. It aims to provide clear error messages in a window that make debugging problems easy. OPTIONS
-f file Set fullscreen wallpaper. -c file Set centered wallpaper. -t file Set tiled wallpaper. -a file Set maximized wallpaper, preserving aspect (if your bgsetter doesn't support this option fbsetbg falls back to -f). -u wallpapersetter Use specified wallpapersetter, use no argument to forget. -b fbsetrootoptions Forward the options to fbsetroot(1). These can be used to set a solid, pattern, or gradient background texture. -r directory Set random wallpaper from a directory. -F, -C, -T, -A, -U, -B, -R Same as the lowercase option but without remembering. -l Set previous wallpaper. Or, if the random feature was last used, set another random wallpaper from the same directory. -i Display useful information about best wallpapersetter found. -p Display some useful tips. -h Display a help message. FILES
~/.fluxbox/lastwallpaper In this file the wallpaper you set will be stored, for the -l option. ENVIRONMENT
wpsetters Wallpapersetters to use. This can be a space-delimited list of the applications to try, or just a single name. DISPLAY The display you want to set the wallpaper on. EXAMPLES
To use feh(1) as wallpapersetter and set wallpapper.jpg from the current directory as wallpaper. $ wpsetters=feh fbsetbg wallpaper.jpg Recall the last set wallpaper on display :0.0 with the stored options. $ DISPLAY=:0.0 fbsetbg -l BUGS
fbsetbg(1) is not foolproof. AUTHORS
The author of fbsetbg is Han Boetes <han at fluxbox.org> This manpage was converted to asciidoc format by Jim Ramsay <i.am at jimramsay.com> for fluxbox-1.1.2 SEE ALSO
fluxbox(1) fbsetroot(1) AUTHOR
Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com> Author. fbsetbg.txt 28 October 2011 FBSETBG(1)