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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.
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<pre>
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#!/bin/sh
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while true;
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do
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  find $HOME/.bg -type f -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.png' | shuf -n 1 | xargs feh --bg-scale
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  sleep 15m
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done &
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</pre>
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Latest revision as of 20:32, 3 January 2019

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 &