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		matttproud on July 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iconography of the X Window System: The Boot Stipp... You can use xsetroot on the bitmap file at any point later after startup.

arp242 on July 11, 2024 [–]

I think "xsetroot -grey" should be the same? Or at least very similar. I don't feel like restarting X to check.

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