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Bug#673582: x11-xserver-utils: xsetroot -def doesn't



Toni Mueller <support@oeko.net> (18/05/2012):
> I've just upgraded my box from Squeeze to Testing, and find that
> the screen background is black instead of plaid. According to
> the man page, 'xsetroot -def' (formerly: 'xsetroot -default')
> should restore the plaid background.
> 
> This does not work for me on two machines, one i386 and one amd64,
> both with testing as of these days, and I've not found any other
> option to restore the plaid layout.

The default is a black screen, and has been for a while. So the manpage
needs fixing, AFAICT.

> Can you please repair this?

Thankfully you can help:
  git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xsetroot
  http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

Mraw,
KiBi.

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