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 > > 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 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)
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)
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 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)
--- 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/
jpeg bad bitmap format file (was: xsetroot -bitmap)
--- Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls > > aim.xpm new.bmp test test.xpm > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xsetroot -bitmap > ~/new.bmp > > xsetroot: bad bitmap format file: > > /home/xucaen/new.bmp > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > > I made new.bmp using gimp. > > any clues? > > Why not use something like "jpeg" instead ?? > > Hall > I just tried it and I got an error message saying "bad bitmap format file" __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
