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Re: xsetroot with ULTRIX 4.0?

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From: Constance Stillinger
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 1990 21:16
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Evidently, dec windows covers up the root window, who knows why.
It means that not only does xsetroot not work quite right, other
programs that do stuff in the root window fail also.

Try using xrefresh.  Or, even better, get rid of dec windows.

Constance Stillinger (connie@sushi.psych.nwu.edu)
Assistant Prof., Dep't of Psychology
Northwestern University
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From: connie@sushi.psych.nwu.edu (Constance Stillinger)
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Subject: Re: xsetroot with ULTRIX 4.0?
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