Persistent wallpaper

[meo]

Hello everyone!

I have found a wallpaper that I'd like to make persistent in TC. I have tried different ways but haven't had any success. So, how can I make this wallpaper persist after reboot? I'll be very grateful for any hints of how this can be accomplished. Thanks beforehand!

Have fun wherever you reside,
meo

[netzen]

Hi,

I started TC two weeks ago, so I don't have yet knowledge to answer your doubt the correct way. Instead, I will put here some diagrams that I'm working on to complement the TC documentation, it may help you.

The following 3 picts are related to the page: http://www.tinycorelinux.com/concepts.html

Pict 1:


Pict 2:


Pict 3:



[ Wallpaper persistent ]
My current understanding is that there are 2 files you need to "persist" (save):
1) First one, the image that resides in /opt/.backgrounds
2) The information about the image to use as wallpaper. This info is inside the file /home/tc/.jwmrc, so you have to "persist" this information, or, "persist" this whole file (.jwmrc).

By invoking the boot option "restore=myharddisk" [pict 3] (where myharddisk is the device), you should have both files "persisted" (preserved).
If it don't work, take a look at the following topic: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=997.0
you have some information that may leads you to persistent wallpaper.

Valter

[roberts]

1. Copy images to /opt/.backgrounds
2. Use control panel -> Backgrounds
3. Select background and press Install

By default /opt/.backgrounds is listed in .filetool.sh so it is included in backup
The image or color is automatically inserted to ~/.jwmrc via the background tag
By default .jwmrc is included in the backup/restore.

[meo]

Hello again!

Thanks a lot Robert! I had made a "cleanup" in the filetool.lst to make the backup-file smaller. Naturally I didn't have jwmrc in it. But now it works perfect. I'm trying out TC-1.3rc1 and up to now I haven't found any critical issues. So, THANKS AGAIN!

Have fun with TC or whatewer OS you like,
meo

[jpeters]

1. Copy images to /opt/.backgrounds
2. Use control panel -> Backgrounds
3. Select background and press Install

By default /opt/.backgrounds is listed in .filetool.sh so it is included in backup
The image or color is automatically inserted to ~/.jwmrc via the background tag
By default .jwmrc is included in the backup/restore.

What...no graphics? Maybe we could have buttons on the messages to perform the requested tasks, so that users don't have to learn anything. 

[curaga]

@jpeters: the only thing a default install of TC won't do automatically/graphically is the copying of the images..

[jpeters]

@jpeters: the only thing a default install of TC won't do automatically/graphically is the copying of the images..

That's good news....

[Guy]

Here are two methods for having a persistent background image.

1. Already mentioned. Copy images to /opt/.backgrounds.

2. Make a module for background images.

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[roberts]

I wouldn't call it modules, that conflicts with kernel modules. Makes it confusing.
I call it a personal extension, it is just a tarred file with name extension .tce
add to your tce directory and your static collection of background images will be loaded and ready.

I always promote users to factor out large static item, so that their backup will work fast.

[junan]

Guy : maybe you need one more step

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advdef -z4 background.tce


just curious , what happen if background.tce repackage to
tcz extension. ok test ... and test it again ...

[Guy]

Clarify

How do I make a tcz extension?

[robc]

This page on the wiki explains how to create extensions:
http://www.tinycorelinux.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Creating+Extensions

To make a tcz you can use commands like the following:

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TCZDIR=`mktemp -d tcz.XXXXXX`
cd $TCZDIR
tar zxf ../extension.tce
cd ..
mkfs.cramfs $TCZDIR extension.tcz
md5sum extension.tcz > extension.tcz.md5.txt
The command

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advdef -z4 background.tcewill further compress the extension

For a faster boot time use a tcz extension with your background information. But this also makes it more difficult to change later.

[roberts]

If your wallpapers are now in an extension then don't forget to remove the
opt/.backgrounds
from /opt/.filetool.lst to stop the backup of them.

[Guy]

This has now been updated to include a tcz extension for background images.

/background.html][removed due to policy violation]/background.html