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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:12:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Pixmaps for xsetroot
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980413001140.4663F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <352F2B76.8D483C72@sr.se>

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On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Gunnar Flygt wrote:

> I have tried various bitmapformats to set as background in X, but I
> can't
> find what type it should be. I get the answer "wrong bitmapformat" with
> allt the types I've tested. What should I use, and where can I find some
> nice
> examples?

Check the `xsetroot' manpage, or try xv -- you can give it a command line
option that sets the root to a given graphic, and you can use any
supported graphic type (including gifs).  I use this to make my xlogin
window uniquely FreeBSD.  :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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