Auto Slidshow Readme This script will setup display of an open office impress slideshow, a movie file, or a mixed document slideshow. Installation ------------ Extract the archive to anywhere. This will bejust the temporary install folder, and can be deleted once the install process is complete. tar -xzf slideshow-<release>.tar.gz Change Directories to the slideshow folder cd slideshow/ Edit the config file (options.pm), and set at least the station dns name to display on. Other options should be fine as defaults, but can be changed if necessary. Change the install ready value to 1 to indicate that the config file is ready to go. nano options.pm Run the install command with root privileges (sudo) on the server. ./install.pl --install Reboot the display machine. The display machine will start displaying the content of the $showdir (Default: /home/public/TV/) when it boots up. A short readme file is written to the $showdir with a brief set of usage instructions. Removal ------------- On the server, change directories to the $showuser home folder, (default: /home/h/hallmon) and a with root privileges (sudo) run the command ./install --uninstall Reboot the display machine. It will boot up to the normal login screen. Attribution: ------------- The Open office Macro for converting slides to pictures is a slightly modified version of the code available at: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=8985 all other files are written by Adam Fairbrother, and made available under the gpl version 2 or later.