Tiny Core Linux
General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: Richard Cranium on November 23, 2025, 03:40:20 PM
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I found this old beat up Compaq laptop at a local thrift store for a grand total of $5 and had the idea to make a picture frame out of it using TC ..
TC runs on it fine ... so I'm gonna go ahead with it... but I'm running into a little snag .., Now this laptop Doesn't have ethernet/wifi so booted TC 16.2 on another machine to look in the repos for what I need (xscreensaver) , but as I recall , I need the GL portions of xscreensaver , which aren't there , I saw an xscreensaver-extra listed in the description , but i can't install it because it seems to be unavailable in the repo..
Could someone help me on this??? Is there another simply slideshow screenaver I could use???
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Hi Richard. Which architecture are you using? If x86_64, check out yscreensaver.tcz (for X) and wscreensaver.tcz (for wayland).
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Hi Richard Cranium
Take a look at fbv.tcz. It is available in TC16 x86 and x86_64.
It is very lightweight and does not require X to run.
feh.tcz might also be worth a look, also available in TC16 x86 and x86_64.
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Hi Richard. Which architecture are you using? If x86_64, check out yscreensaver.tcz (for X) and wscreensaver.tcz (for wayland).
Just plain old x86 .. it's a lousy 300 mhz
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Hi Richard Cranium
Take a look at fbv.tcz. It is available in TC16 x86 and x86_64.
It is very lightweight and does not require X to run.
feh.tcz might also be worth a look, also available in TC16 x86 and x86_64.
They can do a "picture slideshow" ???? I'll check that out...
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Hi Richard Cranium. The two screensaver applications I suggested are only for x86_64, unfortunately.
But all is not lost. If what you're looking for is just a simple "picture slideshow," then I'd go with Rich's idea of using feh.
Put your pictures in a directory--for example, /home/tc/Pictures/slideshow--and decide how long you want to show each picture. To show each picture for 5 seconds, for example, all you need is this command:
feh -r -D 5 -F -Z /home/tc/Pictures/slideshow
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Hi Richard Cranium. The two screensaver applications I suggested are only for x86_64, unfortunately.
But all is not lost. If what you're looking for is just a simple "picture slideshow," then I'd go with Rich's idea of using feh.
Put your pictures in a directory--for example, /home/tc/Pictures/slideshow--and decide how long you want to show each picture. To show each picture for 5 seconds, for example, all you need is this command:
feh -r -D 5 -F -Z /home/tc/Pictures/slideshow
I'll look into this . so.. 64 bit only on the others?? that Doesn't make sense ..
What about GL slideshow for xscreensaver?? that would be ideal...
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Hi Richard Cranium
You said:
Just plain old x86 .. it's a lousy 300 mhz
Based on that, I would think you'd want something lightweight, like feh for example.
... What about GL slideshow for xscreensaver?? that would be ideal...
Is the video card compatible with OpenGL?
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Is the video card compatible with OpenGL?
I really have no idea .. I would assume so , but can't verify..
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Hi Richard Cranium
You said:
Just plain old x86 .. it's a lousy 300 mhz
Based on that, I would think you'd want something lightweight, like feh for example.
I'm assuming it's possible to make "feh" start up automatically? (system startup) , If so , .... uh how? lol
Also , could someone clearify on how to go about making xscreensaver start automatically??? I'm a little confused...