Re: xsetroot -bitmap???

["Touloumtzis, Michael" <Michael.Touloumtzis@ca.com>]

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?  :-)
> ============================================
> 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?
> 
> I get "unable to open file" errors when I try to
> use xmp files.
> 
> thanks all!!!
> 
> xucaen

Maybe you're looking for xsetbg (in the xloadimage package)?

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Ingres Product Development	Computer Associates International