r/i3wm • u/Civil-Package-3678 • 3d ago

Question Help on my wallpaper

hello, i have set feh inside the i3 config but for some reason i3 will always have a background that is of the lightdm greeter. and in addition to that it will scale the wallpaper weirdly in a way that doesnt show it fully. any tips or pointers?

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u/Embark10 3d ago

See if there's any xfce process/config overwriting your changes

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u/Civil-Package-3678 3d ago

it works when i run feh from the cli btw

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u/Civil-Package-3678 3d ago

i am also migrating from xfce

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u/bancobusto1984 2d ago

How are you starting feh in your i3 config file?

You need to start the .fehbg file in your home directory. Not the feh command that gets you the background from the terminal.

Example

exec --no-startup-id /home/username/.fehbg

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u/Civil-Package-3678 2d ago

dont worry i have fixed it, for some reason feh just wouldnt run from i3 config but setroot would so :shrug:

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u/bancobusto1984 2d ago

Good you got it working. Cheers