Re: jpeg bad bitmap format file (was: xsetroot -bitmap)
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! --
Re: jpeg bad bitmap format file (was: xsetroot -bitmap)
Xucaen wrote: Hall Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: somewhere else instead of one you made with gimp ?? Speaking of gimp, how are you telling it what format to use ?? I think you have to tell gimp to use jpg or bmp format ... just naming it that way *may* not do it. correct. I tell it specifically which format to save as. I have saved as jpeg and as bmp ah well.. at least I can play around with xpmroot now. You might also want to test that it really has saved it as that format, not just with the extension .bmp - you can check this quickly and easily with file: $ file foo.bmp foo.bmp:PC bitmap data, Windows 3.x format, 256 x 256 x 24 But they're right, don't use .bmp! -- Justin B Rye - writing from but not for Datacash Ltd
Re: jpeg bad bitmap format file (was: xsetroot -bitmap)
--- Erdmut Pfeifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 that's strange, I did search for xli, but nothing came up.. is this the same as xloadimage? because I found that and installed it, now I use a utility called xsetbg file.jpg to set the background. workes awesome! xucaen __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
Re: jpeg bad bitmap format file (was: xsetroot -bitmap)
--- 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? somewhere else instead of one you made with gimp ?? Speaking of gimp, how are you telling it what format to use ?? I think you have to tell gimp to use jpg or bmp format ... just naming it that way *may* not do it. correct. I tell it specifically which format to save as. I have saved as jpeg and as bmp ah well.. at least I can play around with xpmroot now. Good luck Hall my luck comes from this list. :-) thanks everyone!! xucaen __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
