Fluxbox: styles won't use pixmaps

[MasonS]

I checked the path in the style files but it just won't use the pixmaps. If I put the style and pixmaps in /usr/share/commonbox the style is just black with white accents and the opposite in ~/.fluxbox no matter what is defined by the style.

[apeekaboo]

you need libxpm installed.

[MasonS]

I already had it in /usr/X11R6/lib. I did an emerge -s xpm and there was a package there, but portage explicitly said that it's a part of xfree and that that entry is a dummy. I emerged it anyway and ran ldconfig. The pixmaps still won't load with the style (though I can view them, of course).

[apeekaboo]

Do you have anything else xpm-related to install?
Did you remember to recompile Fluxbox afterwards?

In Debian it was included in xlibs-dev if I remember correctly.
Maybe you need that too for your dist (Gentoo?)

I put my pixmaps in ~/.fluxbox/pixmaps and the theme file in ~/.fluxbox/styles and I also had to edit the theme file for references to the pixmaps.

[MasonS]

Originally posted by apeekaboo
Do you have anything else xpm-related to install?
Did you remember to recompile Fluxbox afterwards?
No, there's nothing else and I did recompile.
In Debian it was included in xlibs-dev if I remember correctly.
Maybe you need that too for your dist (Gentoo?)
Gentoo says it was included with the xfree install but regardless of whether or not it was there before it's there now and I recompiled after confirming its presence.

I put my pixmaps in ~/.fluxbox/pixmaps and the theme file in ~/.fluxbox/styles and I also had to edit the theme file for references to the pixmaps.
Yes, that's exactly what I did as well. If no one can think of anything here I'll try posting at the gentoo forums. Thanks.

[hyp_spec]

dont you need fluxbox devel version to use pixmaps?