[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#461495: xfdesktop4: Root image not being set on login

[Mike Massonnet]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:47:51PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
> On 25-Feb-08, 11:17 (CST), Simon Huggins <huggie at earth.li> wrote: 
> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 06:39:40PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > > On session startup, my custom bg image is not being set; instead, I'm
> > > left with default XFCE gradient. Entering "Settings->Desktop Setting",
> > > I see that the "Show Image" box is checked. Un-checking and
> > > re-checking causes my desired bg to load.
> > 
> > > I believe this was broken on the upgrade to 4.4.2, but I don't logout
> > > very often, so I'm not sure.
> > 
> > Does this happen every time you start up?
> 
> Yes. 
> 
> I don't know *why* it would make any difference, but I'm using 'slim'
> for my login manager, not gdm or kdm or xdm or ...

Does it help if you change the sessions line in /etc/slim.conf?  Afaicr
it defaults to xfce4-session, which is a bad idea, so try startxfce4
instead.

A more recent slim source package is on
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/slim/

> Steve

mike