[MPlayer-users] option -rootwin under gnome2 ?

[Colin Marquardt]

Attila Kinali <kinali at gmx.net> writes:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 02:27:59 +0100
> Stephane Wirtel <stephane.wirtel at belgacom.net> wrote:
>
>> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>> hi, i have a question, it's possible to watch a film in the background of
>> gnome2 ?
>> 
>> by ex : mplayer -rootwin -vo x11 dvd:// 
>
> This should not depend on gnome as it's a feature of the x11 system

I guess it is either that Nautilus is already drawing on top of the
root window, or that mplayer doesn't like the way Gnome 2 sets the
desktop background. I played a bit, but I didn't see immediately how
to disable the latter (i.e., make the background be neither an image
nor a color). Maybe a gconf setting is needed for that.

Cheers,
   Colin