On Fri, 5/13/16, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:

Subject: Re: [DNG] but I lose it once I log in
To: "Go Linux" <golinux@???>
Date: Friday, May 13, 2016, 9:34 PM

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:11:16PM +0000, Go Linux wrote:
> On Fri, 5/13/16, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [DNG] but I lose it once I log in
> To: dng@???
> Date: Friday, May 13, 2016, 2:06 PM
>
>> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 02:17:50PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
>> > On Fri, 13 May 2016 10:37:20 -0400
>> > Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 09:40:04PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
>> >> > > Hi all,
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I just installed the beta, in a VM, using the x64 DVD iso.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > In my opinion, the user interface was very pleasing. The faded
>> >> > > purple is very relaxing. The fonts are all crisp and clear, even in
>> >> > > a tiny VM. And I **LOVE** the fact that the titlebar of the focused
>> >> > > window is an extremely different color than those without focus.
>> >> > > I'm a production man, and appreciate knowing at the quickest glance
>> >> > > which window has focus.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Great job on the UI.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > SteveT
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes that's a nice colour I see at start-up. I wouldn't mind having
>> >> > it after I log in.
>> >> >
>> >> > But once things are going -- I use xfce -- I have a brighgt
>> >> > yellow-green screen. I seem to have nno way t change it. I can
>> >> > use Applicatinos Menu -> settings to change the settings, and
>> >> > they'rre still there the next time I adjust settings, but the seem to
>> >> > have no effect on the actual screen.
>> >>
>> >> Yes. That nauseating rotten mustard color occurs on the login screen.
>> >> On LXDE, it disappears and is replaced by the colors I described
>> >> earlier in this thread. So the Xfce implementation fails to load the
>> >> desktop graphic. Probably it's missing a command in ~/.xinitrc or its
>> >> equivalent for display managers.
>> >
>> > I'm getting light purple on the login screen, but not in xfce. Could
>> > it xfce is still depending on an systemd-ism that isn't there in
>> > order to talk to itself?
>> >
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>>
>> Do you have the purpy background(s) in /use/share/backgrounds? You can get them here:
>>
>> https://git.devuan.org/devuan-packages/desktop-base/tree/master/backgrounds
>>
>> Then select the one that best fits you screen size from the desktop settings.

> All I have in /usr/share/backgrounds is an xfce directory. It has
> only one background, which *is* one of the backgrounds that the xfce
> settings tool offers me. Even when I pick it I instead get a plain green
> background, which is *not* on the list of offered backgrounds.
>
> Even when I ask for a solid single-colout and specify the colour, it
> ignores me and instead gives me a solid green background.
>
> So it looks as the problem lies elsewhere. Once I get the background
> to conform to the settings tool, perhaps it will be time to find and
> install purpy.
>
> My guess is that xfce is relying on some other tool to set the
> background colour, and that other tool isn't there.
>
>
> -- hendrik
>

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Something is fubared for sure. Setting backgrounds has always worked ootb for me on Xfce even when they were in various locations. Why don't you boot the refracta unofficial-devuan-live iso and see if you can change the bg there:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/files/unofficial_devuan_live/

If that works, it's something specific to your setup.

golinux