Disable root window/background

bullgod · 2017-08-17 22:23:46

How do I disable the root window/background.

I used to do this by removing xfdesktop from the session.
But since a upgrade this is no longer listed, so can't be removed.

Many thanks.

ToZ · 2017-08-18 00:28:42

Hello and welcome.

I used to do this by removing xfdesktop from the session.
But since a upgrade this is no longer listed, so can't be removed.

You should probably create a bug report for this.

One way would be to override the xfdesktop executable. With root privileges, create the file /usr/local/bin/xfdesktop with the following content:

#!/bin/bash

exit 0

...and make the file executable. Then on the next login, it will run this file as xfdesktop, which does nothing.

bullgod · 2017-08-19 08:05:32

The above solution does not work.

Is there configuration setting that can disable the drawing of the background?

Last edited by bullgod (2017-08-19 09:14:40)

ToZ · 2017-08-19 10:39:02

bullgod wrote:

The above solution does not work.

As a sanity check, can you post the contents of the file /usr/local/bin/xfdesktop as well as the results of:

ls -l /usr/local/bin/xfdesktop

Is there configuration setting that can disable the drawing of the background?

Not really. But you could also change the background to just display a solid colour, say black. That should give the same effect.

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