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Ah ha. That worked. My .xinitrc now reads ...

unclutter -root &

xv -wait 300 -wloop -random -rmode 5 -viewonly /path/to/pictures

Works great!

I might do a segment on this setup for my video podcast.
http://www.thesourceshow.org Thanks for all your help!

On 6/24/07, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Aaron wrote:
> >
> > Actually I am having a hard time getting unclutter to run
> > automatically. It does work if I start a terminal and run
> > it after the fact, but that won't work for my application.
> > Here is my .xinitrc file.
> >
> > xv -wait 300 -wloop -random -rmode 5 -viewonly /path/to/pictures
>
> I would expect that to be the last thing in your .xinitrc
> not the first thing.
>
> > unclutter -root
>
> I assume from your use of the -root parameter
> that xv is displaying your pictures on the
> root window.  Is that correct?
>
> I would expect unclutter to be the first thing
> in your .xinitrc
> -----------------
> unclutter -root &
> -----------------
> Don't forget the & -- it is important.
>
> > exec jwm
>
> Why are you running jwm?  I can't see how it is
> relevant to your application.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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Aaron Newcomb
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