Hi,

One little known app that new folks don't know about and probably is forgotten by more experienced users is a little tool called fortune. You can safely apt-get install fortune and what that will give you is a quote for just the asking From a terminal simply type fortune and words of wisdom will flow forth. Some can be possibly offensive so just a word of caution.

To open an xterm every time you require a daily quote quickly becomes a pain, so I added mine to the information menu.
I copied /usr/share/mythtv/info_menu.xml to be in /home/mythtv/.mythtv and then modified it for the new button. ctl-alt-bksp to restart the desktop should activate the new menu location.

In the info_menu.xml, I added a button.
<button>
<type>NEWS</type>
<text>Information</text>
<action>EXEC /usr/bin/run-info</action>
</button>

Then as root I add a script to /usr/bin/run-info using pieces that I shamelessly borrowed from the ver.sh script. chgrp to be mythtv and permissions something like:
-rwxr-x--- 1 root mythtv 254 Jun 2 23:44 /usr/bin/run-info
Be careful of line wrap if you copy - paste

#<code>
#!/bin/sh
#
export FONT="-adobe-helvetica-bold-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
#
fortune > /tmp/ver
#man fortune for switches
#
cat /tmp/ver | osd_cat --delay=20 --font=$FONT --color=green --shadow=2 --pos=top --align=centre&
#
#festival loading , please wait.
#<end code>

What should appear is a green line or two of text at the top of the screen for ~20 seconds with something that may make a smile. Some lines .may be a little long but I didn't get fancy trying to limit line length

Ignore the festival part as that is a future project to have the words of wisdom spoken also for those who may be slightly impaired visually.

Enjoy
Mike

Wow.... That brings back memories....

"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike"

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Hi,

Looks like you got to enjoy the travel down memory lane Maybe it is time to load in "The Cave" too? Most of the KM machines "should" be able to handle that game.

Mike

>W

Some games are just too good. Installing them would destroy the WAF.

Your Little Dog bites! --More--
You Die... --More--

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