Kindle/Weather Display

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Revision as of 16:00, 27 October 2012 by Marcluer (talk | contribs)

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

modified for Kindle Touch 5.1.2


  • /mnt/us/scripts/init-weather.sh
#!/bin/sh

initctl stop framework
initctl stop powerd

sleep 20
/mnt/us/scripts/display-weather.sh


  • /mnt/us/scripts/display-weather.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
  • /etc/upstart/autostart.conf
# generic autostart 
start on started framework
stop on stopping framework

export LANG LC_ALL

respawn

exec sh /etc/scripts/autostart.sh