# Fehbg can't handle desktop backgrounds with spaces in their filename

**URL:** https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/fehbg-cant-handle-desktop-backgrounds-with-spaces-in-their-filename/2559
**Category:** Bug reports
**Created:** [July 11, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/fehbg-cant-handle-desktop-backgrounds-with-spaces-in-their-filename/2559 "2026-07-11T19:51:07Z")
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### Author: ![ArchcraftHater](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ArchcraftHater](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/ArchcraftHater)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/fehbg-cant-handle-desktop-backgrounds-with-spaces-in-their-filename/2559/1 "2026-07-11T19:51:07Z")

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fehbg (/usr/local/bin/fehbg) can’t handle desktop backgrounds with spaces in their filename. Even though I use nitrogen instead of feh it causes an error message every time I switch modes with xrandr. One solution is replacing fehbg with a zero byte file. But that’s not satisfactory, I don’t need fehbg in the first place. So why the hell was xrandr running fehbg in the first place? Turns out xrandr is a script in /usr/local/bin disguised as a binary.

Actually, nitrogen is also a fake binary, which also doesn’t work. Giving me “/usr/local/bin/nitrogen: line 16: $1: unbound variable” when I try to launch it. Solution: delete that shit, it’ll default back to /usr/bin/nitrogen as God intended.