Eterm background problems

[sonicshrub]

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]

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]

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]

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]

I have Esetroot but I don't have bsetbg.

Not sure what to do with Esetroot either.

[orangedi]

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]

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