which init file are you changing? /etc/X11/fluxbox/init or /home/root/.fluxbox/init ? it should be the latter one. I have tested it out myself and the wallpaper changes for me on boot. Also one thing that i have noticed is that with the new xli package is that it won\'t set the wallpaper unless it is 640x480. When qiv used to work , It would resize it for you. Because i used to use a 1280x1024 png for my wallpaper. but now that doesn\'t work, but when resized to 640x480, it worked.