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'''feh''' is an image viewer but it is mainly used for setting background images on minimalistic desktop setups. To get it to set your background when X starts, put the line <pre> feh --bg-scale /path/to/image </pre> in your .xinitrc.
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'''feh''' is an image viewer but it is mainly used for setting background images on minimalistic desktop setups. To get it to set your background when X starts, put the following line in your [[.xinitrc]].
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<pre>
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feh --bg-scale /path/to/image
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</pre>
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=Ackthet's Rotating Background Image Script=
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The following script changes your background to a random image in the folder <code>~/.bg</code> every 15 minutes. It should be called in your [[.xinitrc]] so that it is started with X.
  
=Ackthet's feh script=
 
The following script changes your background to a random image in the folder ~/.bg every 15 minutes. It should be called in your .xinitrc so that its started with X.
 
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
 
#!/bin/sh
 
#!/bin/sh
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   sleep 15m
 
   sleep 15m
 
done &
 
done &
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</pre>
  
</pre>
 
 
[[Category:Howtos]]
 
[[Category:Howtos]]
[[Category:*nix desktop software]]
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[[Category:Desktop *nix software]]
 
[[Category:Scripts]]
 
[[Category:Scripts]]

Revision as of 21:35, 5 January 2010

feh is an image viewer but it is mainly used for setting background images on minimalistic desktop setups. To get it to set your background when X starts, put the following line in your .xinitrc.

feh --bg-scale /path/to/image

Ackthet's Rotating Background Image Script

The following script changes your background to a random image in the folder ~/.bg every 15 minutes. It should be called in your .xinitrc so that it is started with X.

#!/bin/sh
while true;
do
   find $HOME/.bg -type f -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.png' | shuf -n 1 | xargs feh --bg-scale
   sleep 15m
done &