I use this command for locking screen:i3lock -i /home/freyja/pics/owl.jpgThe screen is locked, but there is no picture (only white background).When called from console the command says:Could not load image /home/freyja/pics/owl.jpg: out of memory.What can I do about this? Is memory lacking in whole system (does not seem like it) or just i3-lock has some internal restriction? The picture is big (HD), but the resolution exactly matches my screen, so I wouldn't like to use a smaller one.
Setting image for i3-lock: Could not load image x: out of memory
linux;images;tiling wm
The solution was to convert image to PNG (thought you would think that for a photo it would actually take more memory, so maybe the error message wasn't very accurate).I found the solution here: http://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/g/thread/44391920#p44393721But I thought it would be good if the answer could be also found on a bit more... focused place.