In comp.os.linux.x, Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi@polimi.it> wrote: > i'm perplexed: any hint? Could something else be over writing your modmap settings? For a while I was having problems with an xsetroot command in ~/.Xclients "not working". It turned out that my window manager was helpfully installing the image it thought I wanted in the root window. The xsetroot ran before the window manager, and .... Elijah ------ wanted a solid color root window