permanent openbox background

[andil]

I've checked on the boards and googled but I can't find any info on setting the openbox background as permanent. Does openbox support permanent backgrounds at all?

[Hayl]

no, it does not allow it to be set in the theme, in the same way that flubox does but you can just put an Esetroot, bsetbag, etc. into ~/.xsession -- along with anything else you want started/done/laoded when it starts.

[andil]

I don't have that directory. However, I added a command line to the /etc/X11/Xsessions.options dir. Didn't work either.

[X_console]

It's not a directory, it's a file. Just add the command there. I typically just use xv so my .xsession (or .xinitrc if you don't boot to X) would be something like:

xv -root -quit /usr/share/backgrounds/linux.jpg

[andil]

My bad, I must have been thinking about directories for some reason. I don't have the file either. The file I have says '.xsession-error'. I'll add the line to the .xinitrc.

[elderdays]

do this:echo "whatever command you want" >> ~/.xinitrc

That will make the file (append actually)