Re: jpeg bad bitmap format file (was: xsetroot -bitmap)

[Xucaen <xucaen@yahoo.com>]

--- Hall Stevenson <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>
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

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