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by KE5RAD
Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:17 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Screensaver
Replies: 6
Views: 8008

Re: Screensaver

Thanks Tony and Jason, I got xscreensaver installed; however when trying to run xscreensaver-demo I get an error saying "Gtk Warning; cannot open display." Running xscreensaver itself results in the error "warning: $DISPLAY is not set: defaulting to :"0.0" and then "Can...
by KE5RAD
Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:55 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Screensaver
Replies: 6
Views: 8008

Re: Screensaver

Thank you very much for the prompt and thorough replies. Sounds like it's not worth the effort just for some eye candy. I can live with just the blank screen since the rest of the system works fine.
73,
Chuck
KE5RAD
by KE5RAD
Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:53 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Screensaver
Replies: 6
Views: 8008

Re: Screensaver

It is a monitor, not a Nextion. I have a couple of Nextions on other hotspots so am familiar with them. Yes, the screen blanker does kick in, but I'd like to have a screensaver like Xscreensaver come up, but don't seem to be able to "sudo apt-get install" it. I can see the Pi-Star dashboar...
by KE5RAD
Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:13 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Screensaver
Replies: 6
Views: 8008

Screensaver

I am running Pi-Star version 3.4.17 in DMR on a DVMEGA RPi 3 mounted in a 7-Inch LCD Touch Screen Case. All is working fine; however, I'd like to run screensaver on the 7" screen when it is on. I was able to do this when I ran it with DVMEGA software but can't figure out how to do it under Pi-S...