Kindle/Weather Display

Based on http://www.mpetroff.net/archives/2012/09/14/kindle-weather-display/

modified for Kindle Touch 5.1.2

Kindle

• /mnt/us/scripts/weather-init.sh

#!/bin/sh
initctl stop framework &
sleep 3
 
initctl stop powerd &
sleep 5

/mnt/us/scripts/weather-display.sh >/dev/nul &

• /mnt/us/scripts/weather-display.sh

#!/bin/sh

cd "$(dirname "$0")"

rm weather-script-output.png
eips -c
eips -c

if wget http://server/path/to/weather-script-output.png; then
	eips -g weather-script-output.png
else
	eips -g weather-image-error.png
fi

Server

• apt-get install pngcrush librsvg2-bin