--- brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:40:30AM -0800, > Xucaen wrote: > > > ============================================ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls > > aim.xpm new.bmp test test.xpm > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xsetroot -bitmap > ~/new.bmp > > xsetroot: bad bitmap format file: > > /home/xucaen/new.bmp > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > ============================================ > > I made new.bmp using gimp. > > any clues? > > Yes. '.bmp' is almost certainly a Windows > bitmap. That's not what X
even if I create it from scratch with gimp? > wants. (X bitmaps are typically named '.xbm', > and are two-color.) > > > I get "unable to open file" errors when I try > to > > use xmp files. > > If you want to set the background to a color > image, use a color image > format (like jpeg, gif, xpm, whatever) and: > > xli image.jpeg > > (xli is in the 'xli' package.) > I don't know what xli is. I looked for it using apt-cache search xli but didn't find anything. what is xli? is it some sort of image converter? thanks!! xucaen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
