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vstech

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Posted: Oct. 26 2007,05:24

Thanks for the help on the auto mounting with the bootlocal.sh, that part is now working fine...

I am making a digital picture frame from an old laptop, and so far I the system will copy pictures automaticly from an inserted flash card at boot up to a picture directory (utilizing bootlocal.sh). BUt I have been unable to qiv to start with the bootlocal.sh script, obviously because the x server is not running yet.

SO, how can I get fluxbox to auto start qiv? and is there a way to get it start again automaticly if it is closed? And lastly, is there an 'invisible' mouse pointer that can be installed so that the mouse is not always in the middle of the displayed picture?

mikshaw

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Posted: Oct. 26 2007,13:05

For applications that need X, put your command in /home/dsl/.xinitrc (*before* the window manager is started).
The bootlocal.sh script is not intended to be used for *any* user applications. It is only for apps that require root power, such as system indexing or starting daemons.

The easiest way to remove the cursor is with an application called unclutter. This removes the cursor while it is idle, and brings it back when you move the mouse.
There is a way to set an empty cursor, but I don't recall how at the moment.

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curaga

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Posted: Oct. 26 2007,13:22

X programs are started in /home/dsl/.xinitrc.

To start it, and to keep it running, add something like

while [ 1 ]; do
/path/to/qiv imagedir
done

to the end of it, and add a & at the previous last command (probably fluxbox)

There is a one-pixel mouse cursor, you can find it in the forums, and there's also an app that will hide the mouse completely after some seconds of not moving it..

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robc

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Posted: Oct. 26 2007,15:43

I found this solution for an invisible cursor about a month ago:

http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtop....se+hide

vstech

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Posted: Oct. 26 2007,18:10

Thanks for your help... I added those lines (using both suggestions) but qiv does not start.

I do get an error at boot, about not able to lock .Xauthority, but it goes by fast and that is about all I can read. There was also another about GDK (?), again it went by too fast. I tried to hit pause but it had no effect.

I know that you can exit qiv, and I wonder if it exits it as flux is loaded. I had hoped the one suggestion would keep it going or restart it if that happened, but I am not sure it has started at all yet.

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