Background in fluxbox [solved]

Does anyone know how to set the background in fluxbox? I looked at http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Howto … background but fbsetbg doesn't work for me...

if you are using the new fluxbox (0.9.15.1) then the way backgrounds are set has changed.
from the changelog for 0.9.15
News in 0.9.15:
* New theme item:
* background: [texture option]
* background.pixmap: image filename
* background.color: [color]
* background.colorTo: [color]
The background.pixmap filename will be sent to "fbsetbg"
which in turn sets the background.
The following options will be available for the background.pixmap:
- tiled
- centered
For example:
background: tiled
background.pixmap: someimage.png
and it can also generate a normal texture:
background: gradient
background.color: blue
background.colorTo: green
The rootCommand in the style is now obsolete and if the
"background" item is not found in the style then the default
background will be green and with a warning text.
and from 0.9.15.1
News in 0.9.15.1:
* Removed the green background on styles that are not using
the new background option.

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* vim: ts=4 sw=4 noet ai cindent syntax=c
* Conky, a system monitor, based on torsmo
* Any original torsmo code is licensed under the BSD license
* All code written since the fork of torsmo is licensed under the GPL
* Please see COPYING for details
* Copyright (c) 2004, Hannu Saransaari and Lauri Hakkarainen
* Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Brenden Matthews, Philip Kovacs, et. al.
* (see AUTHORS)
* All rights reserved.
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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#ifdef USE_ARGB
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#ifdef USE_ARGB
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XVisualInfo *visual_list;
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visual_list[i].green_mask == 0x00ff00 &&
visual_list[i].blue_mask == 0x0000ff)) {
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XFree(visual_list);
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XFree(visual_list);
return 0;
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if(window.gc) {
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colour_set = -1;
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char **argv, int argc)
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True, 0, 0 };
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#ifdef USE_ARGB
#endif /* USE_ARGB */
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window.window = XCreateWindow(display, window.desktop, window.x,
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XSetWindowAttributes attrs = { ParentRelative, 0L, 0, 0L, 0, 0,
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ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask, 0L, False, 0, 0 };
XClassHint classHint;
XWMHints wmHint;
Atom xa;
#ifdef USE_ARGB
if (have_argb_visual) {
attrs.colormap = window.colourmap;
flags = CWBorderPixel | CWColormap | CWOverrideRedirect;
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flags = CWBackPixel | CWOverrideRedirect;
#ifdef USE_ARGB
#endif /* USE_ARGB */
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window.x = window.y = 0;
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window.window = XCreateWindow(display, window.root, window.x,
window.y, w, h, 0, depth, InputOutput, visual,
flags, &attrs);
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classHint.res_class = classHint.res_name;
wmHint.flags = InputHint | StateHint;
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fflush(stderr);
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prop = ATOM(_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK);
fprintf(stderr, PACKAGE_NAME": window type - panel\n");
fflush(stderr);
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/* fprintf(stderr, PACKAGE_NAME": hint - undecorated\n");
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/* fprintf(stderr, PACKAGE_NAME": hint - below\n");
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/* fprintf(stderr, PACKAGE_NAME": hint - above\n");
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/* fprintf(stderr, PACKAGE_NAME": hint - sticky\n");
fflush(stderr); */
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if (xa != None) {
CARD32 xa_prop = 0xFFFFFFFF;
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XChangeProperty(display, window.window, xa, XA_ATOM, 32,
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if (TEST_HINT(window.hints, HINT_SKIP_TASKBAR)) {
/* fprintf(stderr, PACKAGE_NAME": hint - skip_taskbar\n");
fflush(stderr); */
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Atom xa_prop = ATOM(_NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR);
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#ifdef IMLIB2
cimlib_init(display, window.drawable, window.visual, window.colourmap);
#endif /* IMLIB2 */
XFlush(display);
XSelectInput(display, window.window, ExposureMask | PropertyChangeMask
#ifdef OWN_WINDOW
| (own_window ? (StructureNotifyMask |
ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask) : 0)
#endif
static Window find_subwindow(Window win, int w, int h)
unsigned int i, j;
Window troot, parent, *children;
unsigned int n;
/* search subwindows with same size as display or work area */
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
XQueryTree(display, win, &troot, &parent, &children, &n);
for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
XWindowAttributes attrs;
if (XGetWindowAttributes(display, children[j], &attrs)) {
/* Window must be mapped and same size as display or
* work space */
if (attrs.map_state != 0 && ((attrs.width == display_width
&& attrs.height == display_height)
|| (attrs.width == w && attrs.height == h))) {
win = children[j];
break;
XFree(children);
if (j == n) {
break;
return win;
void create_gc(void)
XGCValues values;
values.graphics_exposures = 0;
values.function = GXcopy;
window.gc = XCreateGC(display, window.drawable,
GCFunction | GCGraphicsExposures, &values);
//Get current desktop number
static inline void get_x11_desktop_current(Display *current_display, Window root, Atom atom)
Atom actual_type;
int actual_format;
unsigned long nitems;
unsigned long bytes_after;
unsigned char *prop = NULL;
struct information *current_info = &info;
if (atom == None) return;
if ( (XGetWindowProperty( current_display, root, atom,
0, 1L, False, XA_CARDINAL,
&actual_type, &actual_format, &nitems,
&bytes_after, &prop ) == Success ) &&
(actual_type == XA_CARDINAL) &&
(nitems == 1L) && (actual_format == 32) ) {
current_info->x11.desktop.current = prop[0]+1;
if(prop) {
XFree(prop);
//Get total number of available desktops
static inline void get_x11_desktop_number(Display *current_display, Window root, Atom atom)
Atom actual_type;
int actual_format;
unsigned long nitems;
unsigned long bytes_after;
unsigned char *prop = NULL;
struct information *current_info = &info;
if (atom == None) return;
if ( (XGetWindowProperty( current_display, root, atom,
0, 1L, False, XA_CARDINAL,
&actual_type, &actual_format, &nitems,
&bytes_after, &prop ) == Success ) &&
(actual_type == XA_CARDINAL) &&
(nitems == 1L) && (actual_format == 32) ) {
current_info->x11.desktop.number = prop[0];
if(prop) {
XFree(prop);
//Get all desktop names
static inline void get_x11_desktop_names(Display *current_display, Window root, Atom atom)
Atom actual_type;
int actual_format;
unsigned long nitems;
unsigned long bytes_after;
unsigned char *prop = NULL;
struct information *current_info = &info;
if (atom == None) return;
if ( (XGetWindowProperty( current_display, root, atom,
0, (~0L), False, ATOM(UTF8_STRING),
&actual_type, &actual_format, &nitems,
&bytes_after, &prop ) == Success ) &&
(actual_type == ATOM(UTF8_STRING)) &&
(nitems > 0L) && (actual_format == 8) ) {
if(current_info->x11.desktop.all_names) {
free(current_info->x11.desktop.all_names);
current_info->x11.desktop.all_names = NULL;
current_info->x11.desktop.all_names = malloc(nitems*sizeof(char));
memcpy(current_info->x11.desktop.all_names, prop, nitems);
current_info->x11.desktop.nitems = nitems;
if(prop) {
XFree(prop);
//Get current desktop name
static inline void get_x11_desktop_current_name(char *names)
struct information *current_info = &info;
unsigned int i = 0, j = 0;
int k = 0;
while ( i < current_info->x11.desktop.nitems ) {
if ( names[i++] == '\0' ) {
if ( ++k == current_info->x11.desktop.current ) {
if (current_info->x11.desktop.name) {
free(current_info->x11.desktop.name);
current_info->x11.desktop.name = NULL;
current_info->x11.desktop.name = malloc((i-j)*sizeof(char));
//desktop names can be empty but should always be not null
strcpy( current_info->x11.desktop.name, (char *)&names[j] );
break;
j = i;
void get_x11_desktop_info(Display *current_display, Atom atom)
Window root;
static Atom atom_current, atom_number, atom_names;
struct information *current_info = &info;
XWindowAttributes window_attributes;
root = RootWindow(current_display, current_info->x11.monitor.current);
/* Check if we initialise else retrieve changed property */
if (atom == 0) {
atom_current = XInternAtom(current_display, "_NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP", True);
atom_number = XInternAtom(current_display, "_NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS", True);
atom_names = XInternAtom(current_display, "_NET_DESKTOP_NAMES", True);
get_x11_desktop_current(current_display, root, atom_current);
get_x11_desktop_number(current_display, root, atom_number);
get_x11_desktop_names(current_display, root, atom_names);
get_x11_desktop_current_name(current_info->x11.desktop.all_names);
/* Set the PropertyChangeMask on the root window, if not set */
XGetWindowAttributes(display, root, &window_attributes);
if (!(window_attributes.your_event_mask & PropertyChangeMask)) {
XSetWindowAttributes attributes;
attributes.event_mask = window_attributes.your_event_mask | PropertyChangeMask;
XChangeWindowAttributes(display, root, CWEventMask, &attributes);
XGetWindowAttributes(display, root, &window_attributes);
} else {
if (atom == atom_current) {
get_x11_desktop_current(current_display, root, atom_current);
get_x11_desktop_current_name(current_info->x11.desktop.all_names);
} else if (atom == atom_number) {
get_x11_desktop_number(current_display, root, atom_number);
} else if (atom == atom_names) {
get_x11_desktop_names(current_display, root, atom_names);
get_x11_desktop_current_name(current_info->x11.desktop.all_names);
void update_x11info(void)
struct information *current_info = &info;
if (x_initialised != YES)
return;
current_info->x11.monitor.number = XScreenCount(display);
current_info->x11.monitor.current = XDefaultScreen(display);
#ifdef OWN_WINDOW
/* reserve window manager space */
void set_struts(int sidenum)
Atom strut;
if ((strut = ATOM(_NET_WM_STRUT)) != None) {
/* reserve space at left, right, top, bottom */
signed long sizes[12] = {0};
int i;
/* define strut depth */
switch (sidenum) {
case 0:
/* left side */
sizes[0] = window.x + window.width;
break;
case 1:
/* right side */
sizes[1] = display_width - window.x;
break;
case 2:
/* top side */
sizes[2] = window.y + window.height;
break;
case 3:
/* bottom side */
sizes[3] = display_height - window.y;
break;
/* define partial strut length */
if (sidenum <= 1) {
sizes[4 + (sidenum*2)] = window.y;
sizes[5 + (sidenum*2)] = window.y + window.height;
} else if (sidenum <= 3) {
sizes[4 + (sidenum*2)] = window.x;
sizes[5 + (sidenum*2)] = window.x + window.width;
/* check constraints */
for (i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
if (sizes[i] < 0) {
sizes[i] = 0;
} else {
if (i <= 1 || i >= 8) {
if (sizes[i] > display_width) {
sizes[i] = display_width;
} else {
if (sizes[i] > display_height) {
sizes[i] = display_height;
XChangeProperty(display, window.window, strut, XA_CARDINAL, 32,
PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *) &sizes, 4);
if ((strut = ATOM(_NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL)) != None) {
XChangeProperty(display, window.window, strut, XA_CARDINAL, 32,
PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *) &sizes, 12);
#endif /* OWN_WINDOW */
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void xdbe_swap_buffers(void)
if (use_xdbe) {
XdbeSwapInfo swap;
swap.swap_window = window.window;
swap.swap_action = XdbeBackground;
XdbeSwapBuffers(display, &swap, 1);
#endif /* HAVE_XDBE */
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