diff -urN icewm-1.2.14pre11/src/icewmbg.cc icewm-1.2.14pre11-modified/src/icewmbg.cc
--- icewm-1.2.14pre11/src/icewmbg.cc	2004-03-16 21:19:22.000000000 +0100
+++ icewm-1.2.14pre11-modified/src/icewmbg.cc	2004-03-23 13:00:32.850990467 +0100
@@ -272,7 +272,12 @@
 	    handleBackground = true;
         }
     } else if (DesktopBackgroundColor && DesktopBackgroundColor[0]) {
-        XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap(xapp->display(), desktop->handle(), 0);
+/* Removed by jmdault@mandrakesoft.com:
+ * This line made XFree crash! The program works nicely without it,
+ * but I haven't got a clue why... it's very weird!
+ * 
+						XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap(xapp->display(), desktop->handle(), 0);
+*/
         XSetWindowBackground(xapp->display(), desktop->handle(), bPixel);
 	handleBackground = true;
     }