2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/RootTheme.cc b/src/RootTheme.cc
index 61c7b65..6847fc2 100644
--- a/src/RootTheme.cc
+++ b/src/RootTheme.cc
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ RootTheme::RootTheme(const std::string &root_command,
     m_opgc(RootWindow(FbTk::App::instance()->display(), image_control.screenNumber())),
     m_root_command(root_command),
     m_image_ctrl(image_control),
+    m_already_set(false),
     m_background_loaded(true) {
 
     Display *disp = FbTk::App::instance()->display();
@@ -137,6 +138,11 @@ bool RootTheme::fallback(FbTk::ThemeItem_base &item) {
 void RootTheme::reconfigTheme() {
     _FB_USES_NLS;
 
+    if (m_already_set)
+        return;
+    else
+        m_already_set = true;
+
     // if user specified background in the config then use it
     // instead of style background
     if (!m_root_command.empty()) {
diff --git a/src/RootTheme.hh b/src/RootTheme.hh
index 9b45d60..7c1f8b5 100644
--- a/src/RootTheme.hh
+++ b/src/RootTheme.hh
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ public:
 
     bool fallback(FbTk::ThemeItem_base &item);
     void reconfigTheme();
-    void setLoaded() { m_background_loaded = true; }
+    // little hack to deal with reconfigures -- should be fixed
+    void setLoaded() { m_background_loaded = true; m_already_set = false; }
 
     GC opGC() const { return m_opgc.gc(); }
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ private:
     const std::string &m_root_command;
     FbTk::ImageControl &m_image_ctrl; ///< image control for rendering background texture
     bool m_background_loaded; ///< whether or not the background is present in the style file
+    bool m_already_set;
 
 };