Re: xsetroot -bitmap???

[brian moore <bem@cmc.net>]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:40:30AM -0800, Xucaen wrote:
> hi all..
> sorry about all the stipid questions....
> is there an xsetroot HOWTO out there?  :-)

Just the man page.

> ============================================
> 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
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.)

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