Question

Whenever I startx, I get this error message from fbsetbg.

fbsetbg: Something went wrong while setting the wallpaper. Run 'display -geometry 1280x1024+0+0 -wn xterm to find out what.

This confuses me because my wallpaper is actually displayed after this message just fine.

Here is my .xinitrc which uses fbsetbg:

xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
fbsetbg ~/pics/peace.jpg
/usr/bin/xmonad

Answer 1

fbsetbg is a wrapper program for trying to set your background. It tries to do what you mean, not what you say. You're supposed to use one of -fctaFCTA with a file. How about: fbsetbg -f ~/pics/peace.jpg

Try man fbsetbg

Also, what's your DISPLAY environment variable set to?