On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 10:22:28PM +0000, Nuno Magalh??es wrote:
> Prior to recent (at least in Debian) releases, Xorg came with the
> classic checkered monochrome pattern, i'm cool with that :)
> (Now it comes with a black background which is really moronic 'cos it
> leaves me wondering "Did --configure barf or is this the root
> window?").

I like the root weave too.
If you want it back, use Xorg -retro or xsetroot -def.

HTH,
Isaac Dunham