Install feh
then after the prompt:
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feh --bg-scale /path to background/image.png
To tile the image:
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feh --bg-tile “/path/to/image”
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feh --bg-center “/path/to/image”
The next example
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sudo fvwm-root --retain-pixmap /path to background/image.png
I use GIMP or ImageMagick to convert images from jpg to png for FVWM.
Nautilus caused my PC to freeze; but the above code has worked fine.
If you just want to make your screen background a solid color you can use the following command after the prompt:
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xsetroot -solid color
Here is an additional way to set your wallpaper at least in Fluxbox. The above methods worked in FVWM, Openbox and Fluxbox Window Managers.
Use feh in your current directory where the picture is that you want for the background image and put in the following code; that will set your wallpaper.
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$ wpsetters=feh fbsetbg image.png
Make a file titled autostart with the following in it
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feh --bg-scale /directories to image location.png &
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feh --bg-scale /home/go/wallpapers/seagulls.png
Then restart the PC and upon starting up the desktop wallpaper image will load.
I also put conky& in the autostart file; so both conky and the background image wallpaper load upon start up. You need to put the "&" after your command.