Hi, I got it to work, yeah!! I narrowed down my segfault to some weird problem where you get the $graphicContext. Your method didn't work for me, and below is what I had to do. I'll post a better example, after I look at it awhile. It is important to match the size of the image to the window, etc. But here is the sub that works for me. 
sub set_bg{

my $pixbuff  = Gtk2::Gdk::Pixbuf->new_from_file("1Zen16.png");

#set the new pixbuff in a vbox 
my $gdkwindow = $vbox1->window;

# how to get the drawable, $widget->get_parent_window 
# did not work for me 
# although the drawable seems to have 
# the identical hash # ???? 
my ($drawable, $x_offset, $y_offset) = 
            $gdkwindow->get_internal_paint_info;

print "$drawable, $x_offset, $y_offset\n";

my $gc = Gtk2::Gdk::GC->new ($gdkwindow, undef);
print "$gc\n";

$pixbuff->render_to_drawable($drawable,
                             $gc,
                             0,0,0,0,500,430,'normal',0,0);

#this was needed, to make the image actually change 
Gtk2->main_iteration while Gtk2->events_pending;

$window->show_all();
return FALSE;
}

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In reply to Re: Perl-Gtk2::How to set a window background image. by zentara
in thread Perl-Gtk2::How to set a window background image. by turo

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