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  1. 1 How to set the background image using xv.
  2. 2 Screensaver as desktop background

How to set the background image using xv.

to background xv bg by chrelad on Aug 13, 2008
I was fed up with using fbsetroot... xsetroot... etc to set my background image, so I decided to see if xv would do it for me since it's a program that I actually use for more than just background setting like fbsetroot, xsetroot, etc.

xv -root -quit -maxpect ~/images/blah.jpg

Screensaver as desktop background

to shell osx mac bash unix desktop background screensaver by jv on Jun 01, 2008 
# cf. http://digg.com/apple/Top_15_Terminal_Commands_for_Hidden_Mac_OS_X_Settings

function sadb() {
# cf. /usr/bin/locate '*ScreenSaverEngine'
/usr/bin/screen -d -m /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background 
return 0
}

function sadb_stop() {
#/usr/bin/killall -d ScreenSaverEngine
#/usr/bin/killall -v ScreenSaverEngine
/usr/bin/killall -HUP ScreenSaverEngine
return 0
}

sadb
sleep 30
sadb_stop
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  1. 1 How to set the background image using xv.
  2. 2 Screensaver as desktop background