[mythtv-users] Full screen time display, with screen on

[Dan Wilga]

On 3/3/11 3:29 PM, Brian Kirkman wrote:
> On 3/3/2011 7:24 AM, Dave M G wrote:
>    
>> Brian,
>>
>> Thanks for responding.
>>
>> Okay, I've got something kind of working but with a few small issues.
>>
>> Here is the script:
>>
>> - - -
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> STATUS=`xset -q | grep "Monitor is" | awk '{print $3}'`
>>
>> if [ "${STATUS}" = "On" ]
>> then
>>      date +"%H:%M %m.%d.%Y" | tr " " "\n" | osd_cat --pos=middle
>> --align=centre --font='-*-lucida-bold-*-*-*-128-*-*-*-*-*-*-u';
>> else
>>      xdotool key shift;
>>      xset dpms force on;
>>      date +"%H:%M %m.%d.%Y" | tr " " "\n" | osd_cat --pos=middle
>> --align=centre --font='-*-lucida-bold-*-*-*-128-*-*-*-*-*-*-u';
>> sleep 5;
>> xset dpms force off
>> fi
>> exit 0
>> - - -
>>
>> The problems:
>>
>> 1. Setting the font is an incredible hassle! It took me forever to
>> figure out that the only hope in this world of getting the right syntax
>> for font configuration to use the program "xfontsel", and even then, it
>> fails more than it works.
>>
>> Right now, the font setting I have is literally the only one I could get
>> to work on my system. The Lucida font looks like crap, it's all jaggy
>> and pixelated, and it's red.
>>
>> I'd really like to get a nice white Ubuntu font that is smooth.
>>
>> However, this fails:
>> -*-ubuntu-bold-*-*-*-128-*-*-*-*-*-*-u
>>
>>
>> 2. In the "else" case of the script above, I'd like for the time to
>> appear on a black background. There doesn't seem to be an option in
>> osd_cat for this. Is there another way to do that?
>>
>> --
>> Dave M G
>>      
>

Another possibility would be to use the code in mythfrontend that 
already does this for LCD displays via LCDProc. That daemon can send its 
output to a "curses" driver, which essentially means a text console. Of 
course, making a text-based terminal session look pretty is something 
you'd have to fiddle with, and you'd most likely have to accept some 
tradeoffs.

-- 
Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."