slide_duration does not works

[polarix]

The paratemeter:

slide_duration=30

should decide how many time an image would stay before skip to next.

But if i set this parameter i cannot view changes and the image dalay is always 5seconds.

Somethig wrong ?
Thank you.

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connection=wifi
network_interface=wlan0
dhcp=yes
wifi_encryption=wpa
ssid_name=****************
wpa_password=****************
browser=firefox
homepage=http://www.diretta.it|http://www.xscores.com|http://www.futbol24.com/Live/?__igp=1&LiveDate=&o=0
allow_icmp_protocol=yes
browser_idle=10
primary_keyboard_layout=it
allow_popup_windows=yes
whitelist=http://www.xscores.com http://www.diretta.it http://www.futbol24.com
additional_components=uefi.zip 
screensaver_idle=2
screensaver_archive=http://****************/zip/***********.zip
screensaver_archive_update=10
slide_duration=30

[fanthom]

Hello polarix,

I cant recreate your issue. Are you using Kiosk 4.1.0? Please login to kiosk through SSH and check if you have this line in /opt/scripts/screensaver-idle-watcher:

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feh -FZr -D30 -S filename /usr/share/screensaver &

"-D30" parameter sets the delay (in seconds) between loading new image.

Thanks.

[polarix]

Hello Fanthom,

No. I'm using the 32bit version (3.7.0)

Now i have understood that this feature is not implemented in this version, as well as the auto-download of zip images.

Have i a solution to use this two features on 32bit system?

Thank you very much.

[fanthom]

32bit Kiosk is not developed anymore.

Please upgrade the hardware - BayTrail devices are getting ridiculously cheap now:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Portabl ... 3fdca67e64

If you cant do hw upgrade then i could create a custom build based on 3.7.0 release and implement these two features in it:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/builds.html

Thank you.

[polarix]

Hi fanthom, hi all.
To enable a automatic download of a fresh copy of screensaver images, I have edited the /opt/porteus-scripts/screensaver-slideshow in the 003-settings.xzm module :

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 # Variables:
wget="wget --no-http-keep-alive --no-cache --no-check-certificate"
dlpath="$*"
(
#####################  added by polarix #####################
while [ 1 ]; do
#########################################################
# Wait:
sleep 5

# Setup proxy:
. /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh
if [ -e /opt/porteus-scripts/proxy.pac ]; then
    proxyc=`pactester -p /opt/porteus-scripts/proxy.pac -u $dlpath | cut -d" " -f2-`
    [ "$proxyc" = DIRECT ] && unset http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy || export http_proxy="http://$proxyc" https_proxy="http://$proxyc" ftp_proxy="http://$proxyc"
fi

# Download and unpack archive:
dlarch() {
$wget -q -T20 -O /tmp/1.zip $dlpath
unzip -o /tmp/1.zip -d /usr/share/screensaver >/dev/null 2>&1
}
dlarch
[ `ls -1 /usr/share/screensaver | wc -l` -lt 1 ] && dlarch
[ `ls -1 /usr/share/screensaver | wc -l` -lt 1 ] && dlarch
# Fallback to wallpaper:
[ `ls -1 /usr/share/screensaver | wc -l` -lt 1 ] && cp -a /usr/share/wallpapers/* /usr/share/screensaver

# Cleanup:
rm -f /tmp/1.zip
#####################  added by polarix #####################
sleep 300  # <--- set auto-download to 5 minutes 
done
#########################################################
) &

All works fine and avery five minutes the kiosk donwload the new zip file !
Than i tried the same strategy for the delay between slides.
But at startup the file opt/porteus-scripts/screensaver-idle-watcher is overwritten, so i have again -D5
What process changes the delay value to 5 seconds ?
Than you.

[fanthom]

Hello polarix,

There is no such process. Please make sure you have correct path, permissions and that your custom module is activated as very last:
- copy only modified files to a module
- name it as 99-custom.xzm

Should work.

[polarix]

My script is like yours with only one change: "-D15"

It has the same name, is in the same folder and has the same permissions:
opt/porteus-scripts/screensaver-idle-watcher

But after boot i can see that the original script is edited by something:

This is the code if i look without booting the kioks:

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#!/bin/bash
#
# Screensaver idle watcher.
# Author: T.Jokiel <http://porteus-kiosk.org>

SSIDLE=`grep SSIDLE= /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart | cut -d= -f2`

while [ 1 ]; do
    idle=$(echo `xprintidle` | sed s/...$//); [ "$idle" ] || idle=1
    if [ $idle -gt $SSIDLE ]; then
        if [ -z "`pidof ripples`" ]; then
            killall ripples imlib2_view 2>/dev/null
            imlib2_grab /root/screen.png
            imlib2_view /root/screen.png &
            sleep 1
            ripples -root &
        fi
        sleep 2
    else
        [ "`pidof ripples`" ] && killall ripples imlib2_view 2>/dev/null
        sleep $(($SSIDLE-$idle))
    fi
done

This is the code if I boot the kiosks:

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SSIDLE=`grep SSIDLE= /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart | cut -d= -f2`

while [ 1 ]; do
    idle=$(echo `xprintidle` | sed s/...$//); [ "$idle" ] || idle=1
    if [ $idle -gt $SSIDLE ]; then
        if [ -z "`pidof feh`" ]; then
            hhpc &
            feh -FZr -D5 /usr/share/screensaver &
        fi
        sleep 2
    else
        [ "`pidof feh`" ] && { killall feh hhpc; sleep 1; killall -9 feh hhpc 2>/dev/null; eval `grep hhpc /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart`; }
        sleep $(($SSIDLE-$idle))
    fi
done

When booted its permission are changed:


Why ?
Thank you.

[fanthom]

Ok - i get it.

You should edit /opt/porteus-scripts/files/slideshow as this is the file which gets copied to /opt/porteus-scripts/screensaver-idle-watcher during kiosk boot.
If 'screensaver video' is enabled during installation then /opt/porteus-scripts/files/videoshow is copied to /opt/porteus-scripts/screensaver-idle-watcher.

Thanks.

[polarix]

Very well, Fanthom. All works fine.

Just an other little query: how to pass a settings parameter to my script ?


Thank you very much.