From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 11 02:01:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA11197 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 02:01:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA11184 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 02:01:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA20685; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:31:36 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA19825; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:31:35 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980411183135.20025@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:31:35 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Frank Pawlak , flygt@sr.se Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pixmaps for xsetroot References: <352F2B76.8D483C72@sr.se> <199804110845.DAA20324@darkstar.connect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199804110845.DAA20324@darkstar.connect.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 03:45:41AM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 11 April 1998 at 3:45:41 -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote: > On 11 Apr, 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? >> >> /Gunnar >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > If I am not mistaken xset root is used to colorize the xwindow > background. There's a man page. You can use the files in /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps to set a root background with the -bitmap option. Try: $ xsetroot -bitmap /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/mensetmanus Obviously there are others, too. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message