On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 12:04:09PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > > --- Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I just tried it and I got an error message > > saying > > > "bad bitmap format file" > > > > > > Heh, don't know... sorry ;-( > > > > I've seen the program "xv" suggested before, > > but many get all worked up > > 'cause it's not a *free* program in the Debian > > sense of the word "free". > > > > What does xsetroot say if you use a jpg file > > you downloaded from > > I didn't try this, but I think it wn't work. > someone else on the user list told me that a > bitmap is 2(?) colors and that xsetroot expects a > 2(?) color bitmap. anything else won't work. > I just discovered a program called xpmroot which > uses an .xpm. but so far I haven't found anything > that will use a .jpg. how are you doing it?
xli -- as has already been suggested. $ xli -onroot -quiet <your.jpg> http://packages.debian.org/stable/graphics/xli.html Cheers, Erdmut -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing gmbh -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
