--- Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
