Re: xsetroot -bitmap???

[Xucaen <xucaen@yahoo.com>]

--- brian moore <bem@cmc.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:40:30AM -0800,
> Xucaen wrote:
> 
> > ============================================
> > xucaen@whitestar:~$ ls
> > aim.xpm  new.bmp  test  test.xpm
> > xucaen@whitestar:~$ xsetroot -bitmap
> ~/new.bmp
> > xsetroot: bad bitmap format file:
> > /home/xucaen/new.bmp
> > xucaen@whitestar:~$
> > ============================================
> > I made new.bmp using gimp.
> > any clues?
> 
> Yes.  '.bmp' is almost certainly a Windows
> bitmap.  That's not what X

even if I create it from scratch with gimp? 


> wants.  (X bitmaps are typically named '.xbm',
> and are two-color.)
> 
> > I get "unable to open file" errors when I try
> to
> > use xmp files.
> 
> If you want to set the background to a color
> image, use a color image
> format (like jpeg, gif, xpm, whatever) and:
> 
>   xli image.jpeg
> 
> (xli is in the 'xli' package.)
> 

I don't know what xli is. I looked for it using
apt-cache search xli but didn't find anything.
what is xli? is it some sort of image converter?

thanks!!

xucaen

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