Re: xdm background with qiv
Well, I don't know what's the problem. When trying
qiv image.jpeg
get this
Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
serial 115 error_code 8 request_code 2 minor_code 0
Anyway, I tried xli and it works.
On 5/9/05, Almut Behrens <almut_behrens@gmx.net> wrote:
> 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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