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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Computer_geek on February 29, 2004, 12:41:38 pm
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How do you install/change to a new screen saver with the SL - 5600
I have terminal installed. I\'m 100% new to linux so go easy on me. The main reason I got this PDA was to lean Linux. I figured I would start with some easy questions like changing the screen saver. Please include any other tips, books, commands that would be helpful.
Thanks,
JB
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The screensaver image is /home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_logo.png . By default this is a symbolic link (kinda like a shortcut but better) to the image in the ROM. If you delete this (using \'rm\' as the root user) you will not delete anything in the ROM since that is read only.
When you have deleted /home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_log.png you can copy another PNG image to the same file, which I think must have a maximum size of 100x100. The image must have the same filename (remember case is important with Linux).
There are some screensaver images here: http://www.zaurusthemes.com/?type=Screensaver_Images (http://www.zaurusthemes.com/?type=Screensaver_Images)
If you ever want to get the original back, just recreate the symbolic link to the original in the ROM using the following command as root:
ln -sf /usr/QtPalmtop.rom/pics/Zaurus_logo.png /home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_logo.png
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I know this is going to hurt but here comes the dumb questions.
1. I used file manager to see /home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_logo.png, but could not see Zaurus_logo.png. The only one i saw was zoom.png.
2. Is the file extension .png just an image file, like jpg or bmp?
3. how do I log in as root
4. I\'m assuming using file manager is not the way to go, I should be using terminal right? Can you give me some basic commands to get me going?
Thanks....
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You might also try LUSScreenSaver:
http://www.skill-engineering.com/zaurus/ (http://www.skill-engineering.com/zaurus/)
(Warning: Japanese)
It\'s basically a plug-in system... you can download some sample screensavers from that page as well, such as a starfield, aquarium, and a clock. You\'ll need the LUSScreenSaver and LUSScreenSaverUtil ipks, and will also want to grab at least one of the plug-ins.
- ashikase
anpachi, gifu, japan
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I appreciate the \"plug-in\" link but i want to learn this the hard way... which i\'m sure is through terminal.
Can anyone tell me the terminal way to do it.....
Thanks
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@Computer_geek
1./home/QtPalmtop/pics/logo-zaurus.png
2.yes
3.# su
4.Here is a good library:
http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Shells/Basic_...e_Commands.html (http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Shells/Basic_Console_Commands.html)
@ashikase
nice screen-saver
Greg
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Here is a better link for zaurus commands:
http://www.sibelle.info/gadgets/ztips.htm (http://www.sibelle.info/gadgets/ztips.htm)
Greg
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Once I loaded terminal (see other thread), I followed the directions at the FAQ and this page to change my screensaver....
I found that after deleting \"Zaurus_logo.png\", I do not get a clock...the screensaver image is unchanged. Renaming \"treksaver.png\" to \"Zaurus_logo.png\" and copying it over also does nothing to get rid of the dancing Zaurus logo.
My home/QtPalmtop/pics folder currently does not have a file named \"Zaurus_logo.png\"...and here I sit looking at a dancing Zaurus logo anyway.
Do the directions work for 5500 only? I\'ve run through the sequence about 6 times now to no avail.
Any ideas?
DCBPE
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dcbpe
Ok... your problem lies in the file name, it\'s:
/home/QtPalmtop/pics/logo-zaurus.png
It was :
/home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_logo.png
(in some other rom versions)
you can also use newstylez_0.7_arm.ipk or the LUSScreenSaver that ashikase listed above, they both work on your 5600
Greg
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Thanks for the input Greg...unfortunately, my Zaurus must be an anomaly. Removing \"logo-zaurus.png\" didn\'t change the screen saver either.
On a hunch, I listed \"*logo.* and looked at them all....none of them are the Zaurus logo on the screen saver. Of course, I no longer have \"logo-zaurus.png\" or \"Zaurus_logo.png\" so I have no idea what they actually looked like or were used for before I started this process.
I then proceeded to rename a copy of “treksaver.png†to “logo-zaurus.png†and copy that to /home/QtPalmtop/pics. However, the jumping Zaurus logo persisted.
So, I took a radical step and copied “*.png†to my PC, and viewed all 168 of them in Irfanview. None of them are the jumping Zaurus screen saver.
Therefore, I’m led to believe that the screen saver image is not actually located in /home/QtPalmtop/pics. Not having the time or energy to search further this evening, I will postpone the search until tomorrow when I’m at the office and can actually be paid for screwing around on my Z…..
Good night from Jersey!
DCBPE
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Thanks for the input Greg...unfortunately, my Zaurus must be an anomaly. Removing \"logo-zaurus.png\" didn\'t change the screen saver either.
On a hunch, I listed \"*logo.* and looked at them all....none of them are the Zaurus logo on the screen saver. Of course, I no longer have \"logo-zaurus.png\" or \"Zaurus_logo.png\" so I have no idea what they actually looked like or were used for before I started this process.
I then proceeded to rename a copy of “treksaver.png†to “logo-zaurus.png†and copy that to /home/QtPalmtop/pics. However, the jumping Zaurus logo persisted.
So, I took a radical step and copied “*.png†to my PC, and viewed all 168 of them in Irfanview. None of them are the jumping Zaurus screen saver.
Therefore, I’m led to believe that the screen saver image is not actually located in /home/QtPalmtop/pics. Not having the time or energy to search further this evening, I will postpone the search until tomorrow when I’m at the office and can actually be paid for screwing around on my Z…..
Good night from Jersey!
DCBPE
The proper file name and path for the 5600 are this: /home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_logo.png
Make sure you have an underscore not a dash and also make sure the Z is capitolized. You will have to reboot to make the change take effect.
Jim
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dcbpe
let\'s try again...do you have a file manager installed?
If not install qpe-filemanager_1.5.0-1_arm.ipk or the advanced filemanager from killefiz.de/zaurus (the latter will require libopie)
now as tumnus has said:
/home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_logo.png (or logo_zaurus.png like mine) is a symbolic link
now go to:
/user/QtPalmtop.rom/pics/Zaurus_logo.png (or logo_zaurus.png like mine) is the real thing
now you have the real name but it\'s location is a read-only file system so use your terminal as root and make your changes like tumnus has posted above.
I know you want to do this but the LUSScreensaver is realy nice and a lot easier
Greg
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Guys,
Depending on which ROM Computer_geek is running, the actual screen saver image might be different.
The correct image name is defined in \"/home/QtPalmtop/Settings/qpe.conf\". This file is structured like a Windoze .INI file. The screen saver settings are in the [Screensaver] group. The image is defined by the \"ScreensaverImage\" key.
Also, in my experience, it seems like you have to reboot the Z in order for these changes to take effect. Restarting just Qtopia may be sufficient but I don\'t think it worked for me with my 5500.
Good luck Computer_geek.
~ray
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I would have though Computer_Geek is using the default Sharp ROM on a 5600 and that definitely uses /home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_logo.png as the default screensaver image.
Remember Linux is case sensitive and depending on the filemanager/settings the files could be listed such that all files starting a-z are first, followed by all files starting A-Z.
Also terminating Qtopia should be enough to get the screensaver changed. Restarting Qtopia doesn\'t kill the Qtopia process and relaunch it.
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Got my curiosity up...
First off, for a 5600, the qpe.conf resides in /home/zaurus/Settings/ and /home/root/Settings
The one in /home/QtPalmtp/defconf/ is a link to the rom image... There is no /home/QtPalmtop/Settings/ on the 5600.
Now on my Z, the screensave image setting was:
ScreensaverImage = /home/QtPalmtop/pics/Zaurus_logo.png
This looks like the screensave image to me. Unfortunately, I used newstylez to change mine to the clock and it removed the image setting from qpe.conf. I had to open a backup file to get the original setting. This is all on a 5600 with rom 1.32
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Wow, thanks for all the input....
tapjpa....that file no longer exists on my Z, I had removed it previously.
greg2....I do have filemanager installed; I installed it when all you guys helped me load \"terminal\". I looked up /usr/QtPalmtop.rom/pics and found both \"logo-zaurus.png\" and \"Zaurus_logo.png\". I viewed each and noted that \"Zaurus_logo.png\" is the screensaver image. So.....
I copied “Zaurus_logo.png†to a new filename in /home/zaurus/Documents/Image_Files, just so that I still have the image. I then used file manager to look for \"/home/QtPalmtop/Settings/qpe.conf\" as per raybert’s post….that folder does not appear on my Z.
I made note that the icon in filemanger for what I named “originalzlogo.png†was different than the “trekscreensaver.png†icon. Lo and behold, I could not open “originalzlogo.pngâ€. I then went back into terminal (always in terminal as “suâ€) and went back to /usr/QtPalmtop.rom/pics. I ran the command “cp Zaurus_logo.png Zaurus_logo1.png†and was given the error “cp: unable to open ‘Zaurus_logo1.png’: Read-only file systemâ€
As it turns out, I can’t “cp†“rm†or “mv†Zaurus_logo.png. Realizing that if I couldn’t run those commands on a read-only file I wouldn’t be able to overwrite it either, I tried that….and as I expected it did not work. However, regardless of the error messages, I later noted that “Zaurus_logo.png†DID successfully copy to my “Documents†folder
Now, I have a meeting to go to and lunch is over……so I will give up for now. I think later on tonight I’ll try that LUSScreensaver thing from home….though I really prefer doing things the hard way before using the easy tool. I cannot load the site at work…it’s in Japanese and I can’t install the converters here.
Thanks again for the input….I’ll keep you all posted on what happens…….
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I\'ve gone through all the steps everyone has posted and discovered i don\'t have a bouncing \"Zaurus\" for a screen saver. I have the date and time bouncing around.
I opened logo-zaurus.png and it\'s a zaurus logo, so where is the date and time screensaver coming from?
dcbpe, what part of Jersey are you from?
Thanks for all the posts... sorry the delay in response but i\'ve been away with work.
Linux is no joke to learn...
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I\'ve managed to change my secondary boot screen, but I would like to change my primary/initial boot screen, in addition to my screensaver. I\'ve looked at various bash web pages, so I\'ve found list after list of commands, but I don\'t know how to use them. I enter stuff in terminal, but nothing ever happens (unless I get an \'error message\'). Who is going to do all the newbies a solid and write it out exactly as it needs to be entered into terminal so we can understand how to work with the information we\'ve found?
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If by promary/initial boot screen you are refering to the white screen with Sharp and a message in Japanese telling you to \"wait a while please\" then it can only be changed in the kernel.
There are a number of kernels around that disable the screen and show the normal linux boot up, but I haven\'t seen any that replace the initial screen with another (although it should be possible).
Stu