Bug#475654: x11-xserver-utils: [xsetroot] Changing background requires an application to be present
Package: x11-xserver-utils
Version: 7.3+1
Severity: minor
I'm running either Xephyr or Xnest and try something like xsetroot
-solid "#303030". This works when an application is running (e.g. xterm)
but not when the xserver has just been started without any apps attached
to it. The xsetroot manpage doesn't mention this, so it might be a bug
or an issue worth to be informed about.
This issue affects e.g. /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh which contains a
useless xsetroot call which doesn't work on startup of openbox.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages x11-xserver-utils depends on:
ii cpp 4:4.2.3-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-1+b1 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 authorisation library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxmuu1 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous micro-utility li
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.2-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii libxtrap6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 event trapping extension libra
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.1-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii x11-common 1:7.3+3 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
x11-xserver-utils recommends no packages.
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