Digital Picture Frame

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: Digital Picture Frame
started by: Neb

Posted by Neb on Mar. 24 2006,04:20

Searching for a use for our 15+ old Dell laptops. I found some nice projects turning them into DPFs. Naturally, I chose DSL to run from a CF card. $19 for the CF/IDE module and a spare 256MB CF card later. I'm up and running on DSL.

Turn it on, it boots and runs the slideshow, swapping pics every 5 mins. Cool!

Just 'one more thing'... how can I completely hide the mouse cursor and the workspace stuff at the bottom of the screen? I'd like to hide EVERYTHING else on screen.

TIA,
Neb

Posted by skaos on Mar. 24 2006,14:15

I think I have seen an utility to remove the cursor but I don't remember the name: Search the forum for e.g. 'picture frame'.

Posted by jshaw on Mar. 25 2006,01:33

It's called unclutter.
< unclutter link >

Posted by Neb on Mar. 25 2006,19:19

In the .XINITRC file, I remarked out the lines that load the fluxter and shadow? whatever and the workspace box and that little box in the lower right corner are now removed. The dock is set to auto-hide as well. I just need to remove the mouse and keep it from going to sleep after 10 minutes.

I'll try that unclutter link and see what happens.

Thx

Posted by khagberg on Mar. 27 2006,21:08

Try the directions i posted here, you dont use x

< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=10745 >

Posted by Neb on Mar. 29 2006,11:32

Quote (khagberg @ Mar. 27 2006,16:08)

Try the directions i posted here, you dont use x

< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=10745 >

Overly complicated for a simple picture frame.

Waaayyyy too many steps, edited files, etc.

I have some steps I'll post shortly that drastically reduces the complexity to do the very same thing.

It's no wonder Linux has been unable to capture much of the Desktop market. When people see how much 'work' is involved just to boot a system and run a slideshow.

Posted by khagberg on Mar. 29 2006,13:23

My goal when posting the directions was to just show what I had done. I wrote the directions out so that even a complete newbie to Linux could do the project. I set some simple goals to make it to where it would pretty much run on any old laptop and could be updated by anyone.

If you really want a simple picture frame us freedos with the free lxpic program. Only 20 K.

I wanted to play with linux and learn that is why I did it the way i did.

Posted by khagberg on Mar. 29 2006,13:23

I also look forward to seeing your direcitons

Posted by cbagger01 on Mar. 29 2006,18:02

As the old saying goes (just a saying)

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

There are probably at lease a dozen or so ways to create a linux picture frame device.

There is no "right way" or "wrong way".

And that's a good thing. I'm sick of self-appointed guardians of the "Desktop market", IE: Microsoft, telling me what is the "right way" to do something.