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sonicshrub
11-28-2002, 06:38 PM
I am very new to Linux and have been fighting with Eterm for a few days now. At first it couldn't find the background images. I reinstalled it. Now I get errors like these:

Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "tile/cyber_bg.jpg" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_vertical_3.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_vertical_1.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_vertical_2.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "thumb_1.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "thumb_2.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "button_arrow_up_1.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "button_arrow_up_2.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "button_arrow_up_3.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "button_arrow_down_1.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "button_arrow_down_2.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "button_arrow_down_3.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_horizontal_1.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_horizontal_2.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "menu1.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "menu2.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "menu3.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_horizontal_1.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_horizontal_1.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_horizontal_2.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "bar_horizontal_3.png" -- No loader available for that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "help.png" -- No loader available for
that file format
Eterm: Error: Unable to load image file "exit.png" -- No loader available for
that file format

I am using Redhat 7.2 . I ran updatedb, since I saw that on a similar post with this problem. Anyway it didn't help.

Frustrated as heck! Please help!

Thorin
11-28-2002, 10:51 PM
It sounds like you don't have libpng installed, can you open PNG images with other programs?If not, try downloading a libpng RPM and installing it to fix your problem.

libng RPM at RPMfind.net (ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.2/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/libpng-1.0.12-2.i386.rpm)

EDIT: fixing problems with the link

sonicshrub
11-29-2002, 12:25 AM
Hey thanks for your help.

Turns out I already have libpng... installed though.

I have no problem loading images in a browser, GQview, etc. I can even preview the images in gnome with the preview area in dialogue boxes.

Eterm just can't open them. Could it be that Eterm is unaware that libpng is installed?

orangedi
11-29-2002, 12:40 AM
Eterm uses Esetroot or bsetbg to load its background image. can you check to see if you have either of these. note the caps.

sonicshrub
11-29-2002, 01:24 AM
I have Esetroot but I don't have bsetbg.

Not sure what to do with Esetroot either.

orangedi
11-29-2002, 01:38 AM
all that did was rule out that esetroot was the problem. it is not. no matter. i did not read your whole post anyway. if i had i would have noticed it is the menu that won't load. try starting like this

Eterm --buttonbar

that should load it but without the menu. if this works i would recommend reinstalling it as i would have no idea how to fix that.

sonicshrub
11-29-2002, 03:19 AM
I guess it is the buttonbar in addition to any background image. All I see is the black background and "Eterm Font Background Terminal" at the top of the window.

I can click on Eterm or Font, etc and it drops down a menu. When I select a pixmap from background it will not load it and give me the "unable to load image..." error.

The transparency toggle works with my desktop background though.

Eterm --buttonbar didn't do anything that I noticed