atatat@atatdot.net (Andrew Brown) wrote:

> >Can anyone recommend a simple program to display a background
> >picture in the root of X? 
> xv -geometry `xdpyinfo | awk '/dimensions/{print$2;exit}'` \
> 	 -rmode 5 -quit <picture>

Isn't "xv -root -max -rmode 5 -quit <picture>" easier? I prefer "xv
-root -bg black -maxpect -rmode 5 -quit <picture>". I'd use qiv which is
much smaller, slicker, faster but unfortunately qiv doesn't support any
"smoothing" which adds a ugly pixel effect if the background picture
doesn't match the screen resolution.

HTH
Michael