Re: Viewable Root Window

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 03:50 +0200, Esben Stien wrote:
> It would be nice if it was possible to see the root window with an
> option. I would like to draw to the x rootwin, but still keep nautilus
> in control of the desktop.
> 
> Any way to draw to nautilus rootwin with f.ex mplayer or xscreensaver?

You can either let nautilus control the desktop, or let another app draw
the desktop. The combination of both just doesn't work.

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