Linux convert jpeg to bmp, xsetroot complains "bad bitmap format", how to fix this?
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I'd try .xbm (X11 bitmap format) as the file type.
See BMP and XBM in http://www.imagemagick.org/script/formats.php
Also, you don't need to use JPEG as an intermediate format. Use .xbm in the first command and omit the second.
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YumYumYum over 1 year
I am creating a JPEG file, converting to BMP then using with
xsetroot
, but that is failing.1) Make a JPEG file
$ convert -size 800x600 xc:transparent \ -font Bookman-DemiItalic -pointsize 50 \ -draw "text 25,90 'Please wait.'" -channel RGBA -blur 0x6 \ -fill steelblue -stroke white \ -draw "text 10,90 'Please wait.'" -antialias /var/tmp/wait.jpeg;
2) Convert the file from JPEG to bitmap BMP
$ convert /var/tmp/wait.jpeg /var/tmp/wait.bmp; OR $ mogrify -format wait.jpeg wait.another.bmp;
3) Use it
$ xsetroot -bitmap /var/tmp/wait.bmp xsetroot: bad bitmap format file: /var/tmp/wait.bmp OR $ xsetroot -bitmap /var/tmp/wait.another.bmp; xsetroot: bad bitmap format file: /var/tmp/wait.another.bmp
How do I set that BMP to xsetroot?
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user5249203 about 12 years
man xsetroot
mentionsbitmap
whose manpage suggests a simple monochrome bitmap format. I believe yourconvert
commands are creating a different bitmap format - the one commonly used by Microsoft.
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