dfbg(1)

dfbg1

Directfb background configuration tool

Usage

dfbg {[options] <filename> | <color>}

Overview

dfbg is a small utility to configure the background of the DirectFB desktop. It loads the specified image and sets it as background image.

dfbg requires DirectFB with the multi-application core enabled.

Options

-c, --color

Set color fill mode using <color> in AARRGGBB format (hexadecimal). The alpha component can be omitted in most configurations.

-t, --tile

Set tiled mode instead of scaling the image to fit the screen size.

-v, --version

Output version information.

-h, --help

Print brief help and exit.

Examples

Set background color to DirectFB's default color

dfbg -c ff107ce8

Set image stretched to fit the screen

dfbg bg.png

Set image tiled

dfbg -t bg.png

Other info

The canonical place to find informations about DirectFB is at http://www.directfb.org/.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0–9
  5. 10–12

From libdirectfb-bin 1.7.7-11 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.