Re: xdm background with qiv
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 06:48:34PM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote:
> But I also can see from xdpyinfo this:
>
> root window id: 0x49
>
> Should that be 0x23?
don't think so... "visual id" and "window id" refer to different
things.
>
> On 5/9/05, Andras Lorincz <andras.lorincz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can see
> >
> > default visual id: 0x23
> > visual:
> > visual id: 0x23
> > class: TrueColor
> > depth: 24 planes
> >
> > when I run xdpyinfo. So that is not the problem. Any other idea?
Does qiv work in general with normal (non-root) windows?
Have you tried other viewers?
You could also try 'xwininfo' to query info specifically about the root
window / background (just type 'xwininfo' and then click somewhere on
the desktop background).
But I guess it'll tell you "Visual Class: TrueColor" as well...
Even worse, if this should reveal that your root window has some other
weird class, I wouldn't really know from the top of my head which part
of the configs you might want to change ;)
Anyhow, good luck,
Almut
> >
> > On 5/9/05, Almut Behrens <almut_behrens@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 03:00:57PM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to set the background for xdm by typing in Xsetup this:
> > > >
> > > > if [ -r /home/lorand/Wallpaper1024/download3.jpeg -a -x /usr/bin/qiv ]; then
> > > > /usr/bin/qiv -z /home/lorand/Wallpaper1024/download3.jpeg
> > > > else
> > > > /usr/bin/X11/xsetroot -solid DarkBlue
> > > > fi
> > > >
> > > > it doesn't work altough the condition in the if statement is true. If I execute
> > > >
> > > > /usr/bin/qiv -z /home/lorand/Wallpaper1024/download3.jpeg
> > > >
> > > > in a terminal in X, get this message:
> > > >
> > > > qiv: Your root window's visual is not the visual Imlib chose;
> > > > qiv cannot set the background currently.
> > > >
> > > > What is the problem?
> > >
> > > Not sure, but it looks like Imlib (used by qiv) is requesting a
> > > "visual class" that's not available for some reason...
> > >
> > > What's your X-server running at? These days (with modern graphics
> > > cards) this is usually TrueColor, which should be fine to display jpgs.
> > > But who knows... there's still a tiny chance it's not TrueColor, which
> > > might explain the problem.
> > > If unsure, look in the output of 'xdpyinfo'. You'll find a section
> > > similar to (among lots of other stuff):
> > >
> > > ...
> > > default visual id: 0x23
> > > visual:
> > > visual id: 0x23
> > > class: TrueColor
> > > depth: 24 planes
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Don't know whether qiv would do automatic conversions (e.g. from
> > > TrueColor to Indexed, etc.) -- apparently not...(?) Have you tried
> > > other image viewers like xli, display (from ImageMagick), xv, ...?
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