[SOLVED] desktop background being overridden by one I didn't set

Bit of a weird problem here.. just installed arch with openbox on a thinkpad x100e, and from the first time I've used openbox there's been a background picture of a leaf which appears just after the standard openbox/x grey background. I have no idea were this is coming from. I can't see anything in my autostart.sh that would be causing it and I don't really know where else to look. I've also tried setting the background with feh in my autostart.sh but this wallpaper overrides that too.
The offending image:
It also covers my tint2 panel when it initially appears, I have to open a program to get the panel back.
Anybody happen to recognise the image and know where it's from? I'm stumped.
Thanks for any help, sorry about the probably stupid question.
Last edited by epicurus (2011-02-27 15:31:33)

Thats the wallpaper thats set by gnome-settings-daemon. (I an sure you were a gnome user earlier, is it?)
Try this command:-
gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background false &
Last edited by shadyabhi (2011-02-27 10:03:22)

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