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by Reshi
Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:37 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Screensaver Slideshow (how can it be done?)
Replies: 6
Views: 17852

Re: Screensaver Slideshow (how can it be done?)

I would start by following the guide in the link posted by karrika: http://jamcnaughton.com/2014/09/05/simple-slideshow-screensaver-script-for-ubuntu/ The basic steps are: 1.) Install feh 2.) Install xprintidle sudo apt-get install feh sudo apt-get install xprintidle 3.) Save the screensaver.sh bash...
by Reshi
Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:41 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Screensaver Slideshow (how can it be done?)
Replies: 6
Views: 17852

Re: Screensaver Slideshow (how can it be done?)

Thanks karrika.

This is exactly what I'd been searching for. It took some fiddling with to get it to run automatically on startup, but it works great now.
by Reshi
Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:23 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Screensaver Slideshow (how can it be done?)
Replies: 6
Views: 17852

Screensaver Slideshow (how can it be done?)

I thought this would be fairly easy, but I can't figure out a good way to get my Pi 2 to switch to a photo slideshow if left idle for a few minutes. I'd like to have it serve as a digital photo frame, but I don't want to have to manually stop/start a slideshow application such as feh every time I wa...

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