Backdrops in .xpm format

[Neal Haslam]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:22:58 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Neal Haslam wrote:
> 
> > If you can't get the .xpm to work.  You can still use them as .jpg. 
> > 
> > Those great images of penguins are all .jpg format and they are
> > fantastic on my 1280x1024 screen... especially the 'drink box xp'
> > image.
> 
> Neal,
> 
>   'Tis the Tux/XP image I'm trying to use. :-)
> 
>   I've not been able to use a .jpg after upgrading to 3.8.x; they
>   worked
> fine in 3.7.4.
> 
>   Let me try again ...
> 
>   Nope. "Invalid file format". I could send a screenshot, but it adds
>   no
> more information.
> 
>   How do you get this to work?
> 
Rich,
I did no thing magical here.  Just downloaded the Tux/XP (right click in
galeon, save image as) to my home dir.  Opened the settings/backdrop
window in XFce then browsed to my home dir.  

I wonder, just a thought from a non-programmer, do you have recent
version of libjpeg installed?

-- 
Neal
Registered Linux User #159445, Libranet Linux 2.0/ext3/XFce
Athlon 800 MHz Desktop and Toshiba 5105 laptop.