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One more thing. How to disable the screensaver? screen blanks after
about 10 minutes.

On 6/24/07, Aaron Newcomb <anewcomb2 AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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