Re: ppm type 6 to ppm type 3: debian logo's

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 15:59:12 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When you install the debian logo package you get added boot logo's
> >
> > You can edit these with ImageMagick.
> >
> > But when you edit one of these with ImageMagick it generates a type 6 file 
> > (first line: P6) which the kernel compile does not recognize, it wants a P3 
> > file.
> >
> > I could swear I once fixed this with *rawtoppm* but I cannot find that now.
> >
> > Anybody edited Debian Logo files?
>
> I never did that, but I know that you can convert a "P6" .ppm (24 bpp,
> binary) to a "P3" .ppm (24 bpp, ASCII) with imagemagick's "convert"
> command:
>
> convert -compress none old.ppm new.ppm
>
> I assume that the "-compress none" option can also be used with other
> imagemagick commands that produce PPM files.

Florian: Thanks for taking the time out to answer.
Yep!
convert -compress none logo_linux_debian_changed.ppm 
logo_linux_debian_converted.ppm
That converts it!

But I am at this moment recompiling the Debian kernel with the P6 logo 
and I seem to remember that the compile ends with an error message that 
indicates how to convert it.

Funny, I record everything I do in a special blog and this trick escaped 
me...

Stand by.

Hugo