Multimedia :: linux projector

I know there is a utility that will run a program if there has been no input for a preset amount of time. I am not sure if I seen it as a dsl or using synaptic. I will have a look on synaptic when I am using it and let you know if I find it. You should check the dsl repository first then synaptic if you don't find anything.

I'll take a look and let you know. thanks for the help. interesting thread though

xautolock is a tool that can be used. I tested it using a script that calls feh to display images. feh was called and when I pressed the esc key to exit feh the desktop came up. I then checked to see if xautolock was still running and it was so it worked a second time. I think that the big thing might be how the program you invokes exits (more specifically can it be killed with any key press or does it take a special key like esc for feh).

feh is a wonderfully light program for static images. For animation, you might have a look at mplayer. As I recall, it is fully controllable from the command line.

It would be trivial to script either one to do what you needed. A simple series of "playsomething;sleep xseconds;playsomethingelse" commands in a loop would do it.

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