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figgles · Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 8

I looked around and found a .pup screensaver with a slideshow function -- is there such a thing as a .pet? I'm running 4.1.

TIA!

puppyluvr · Posted: Sun 19 Oct 2008, 12:46 Post_subject:

Hello figgles,

You could just install the .pup with the dotpuphandler (installed from Petget.).
Or you can go to the dir the pup is in, open a console (the "`" key) and type:
pup2pet pupname.pup...ie..pup2pet PuppyBasicScreensaver02.pup....
However, many .pups will need upgrading to work on 4.xx Puppy, dependancies, ect...
I made a .pet in 3.01 with the above mentioned .pup, which Im guessing is the one you are wanting? Works in 3.01, will test in 4.1 after a reboot..Will post it if it works...

sideburns · Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 56 Location: Freedonia

Please do. I'd like to have something more than the minimalist screensaver built into the Xvesa X server.

figgles · Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 8

puppyluvr · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008, 00:08 Post_subject:

Hello figgles,
Well, heres a first draft..
It will run on 4.1, but needs updating...
Just the xdesktopwaves module works right now.
Im looking for a CLI image viewer to get the slideshow working, as the one its written to use isnt in 4.1..
My Wife will love this one when its done..
Other than the waves one, the rest will have to be revamped, a lot...
Its a start, and I wanted to create one for my Wife..She likes the waves
OK but a slideshow will make her very happy!!!

@This .pet does register with petget so you can remove it easily...
It creates a menu item in Desktop...
The pet is in the tar.gz...

@ With the waves on, move the cursor!!!

figgles · Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 8

excellent; works as you recommend if I follow your directions. Though .pet, it installed via the dotpup menu extension, albeit fine. The waves module taxes the CPU. I'm looking forward to the slideshow implementation -- much thanks!

Lobster · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008, 06:02 Post_subject:

Waves and eye candy
Reminds me 'I Want candy' by none other than 'Bow Wow Wow'
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KNHcaIJETZo

scalerx is in Puppy - may be useful
qiv and xli are small command line image viewers that are not presently in 4.1 but have been in Puppy
look under multimedia under help in Puppy for further possibilities . . .

Keep up the good work - I liked the waves Smile

puppyluvr · Posted: Sun 26 Oct 2008, 12:26 Post_subject:

Hello,

Well, Ive hit a stumbling block...Heres the deal:
Although Im still messing with the Pbas screensaver, I really wanted to simplify things.
So I set out to create a Bash script to call the slideshow, ect..
That part was easy..(I hacked up an old auto-screenlocking script..)
So I have this script that polls the keyboard and mouse for activity, and when X minutes
pass, it calls Muggins Slideshow module. Voila, a screensaver slideshow!
I have a working gui to chose to run the screensaver, or the slideshow by itself, Petted up
the whole thing, (with the required SDLimage libs) ,i nstalls fine, menu entry, ect..

One last thing though... Rolling Eyes

After X minutes of inactivity, the script calls the slideshow..
After another X minutes, it calls it again...and again...
After about an hour, you have 20 slideshows running..LOL..
After the initial running, each subsequent slideshow opens in a window..
Looks really cool, but not what I had in mind...
And I dont want to do a kill and restart loop..

So what I need is a piece of bash script that polls if a certain module is running..
Sort of an " If module "X" isnt running already, start it" in place of my "run module "X"
Maybe Ill look into how Pprocess or KP does it...
Im sure it is simple and obvious, but hey, Im new at this....

Also, Im thinking of expanding it to include a choice of Slideshow, Gxine, or Lock the screen w/ the digital clock module ect...

Any thoughts/suggestions???

Eyes-Only · Posted: Sun 26 Oct 2008, 13:23 Post_subject:

PuppyLover? What you might be able to do---and take this from a former programmer who has since lost ALL of his programming knowledge (you probably know the story by now?)---have the script do the poll like every 10 minutes, okie? No activity in 10 minutes? Slideshow starts and then the script itself goes into a "timed session", say like 165 hours? Wink

In other words, "an incredibly long amount of time" and then THAT timed session stops once the keyboard/mouse is triggered---where it returns once more to the 10 minute polling all over again.

Just an endless loop of two different polling sessions, one of 10 minutes and one of an incredibly long amount of time, once enabled.

That would be one way IMHO. But then as I said from the beginning basically: "What do I know?" Wink

Hope that helped?

Amicalement mon ami!

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"

sideburns · Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 56 Location: Freedonia

The obvious solution is to create a shell variable (Let's say $TESTING.) and set it to one. Then, when it's time to run your poll, you say:

if $TESTING ...

When you start the slide show, set $TESTING to 0 and the if statement becomes false, and the script doesn't poll. As you don't export the variable, it won't interfere with any other scripts using the same name for a variable.

erikson · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 735 Location: Ghent, Belgium

puppyluvr · Posted: Mon 27 Oct 2008, 16:41 Post_subject:

Hello,
@erikson,
Thank You!!! That is exactly (I think) what I need... Very Happy

Will get back later...

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5291 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

Puppy 4.1 includes xli, and runs a slideshow like this

Lobster · Posted: Mon 27 Oct 2008, 18:14 Post_subject:

ScarEye · Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 3