>> >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.

hrm.  yes.  i forgot about -max.  good point.  fwiw, specifying -root
and then -rmode is redundant.  -root is the same as -rmode 1.

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