Sway: Sway won't set/display wallpaper

Created on 20 May 2019 · 3Comments · Source: swaywm/sway

Sway version: sway version 1.1-rc1-3-g9dca18b6 (May 7 2019, branch 'master')
OS: Arch Linux 5.0.13
Config file: https://hastebin.com/wayucejuhu.pl
Debug log: https://hastebin.com/julopajoda.bash

Upon launching Sway, the background is set to a grey colour. I currently have it set in the config file to tile an image in my .wallpapers folder. I have also tried using hsetroot and feh, but they don't work either. I'm not too sure what's going on, and I'd be super appreciative if someone could help me figure it out. Thank you!

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soymjolk

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Did you install swaybg? This is now a separate project because it is not sway specific and can be used with every wlroots compositor.

I didn't have it installed. Installing swaybg-git fixed my problem. Thank you!

soymjolk on 21 May 2019

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Did you install swaybg? This is now a separate project because it is not sway specific and can be used with every wlroots compositor.

Emantor on 20 May 2019

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Did you install swaybg? This is now a separate project because it is not sway specific and can be used with every wlroots compositor.

I didn't have it installed. Installing swaybg-git fixed my problem. Thank you!

soymjolk on 21 May 2019

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Just came across this as well (version 1.1.1-1 on Arch Linux after a pacman -Syu)
commenting to confirm that installing swaybg (at the time, 1.0-2) has fixed the issue :+1: