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
initctl stop powerd

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

• /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

• /etc/upstart/autostart.conf

# generic autostart 
start on started framework
stop on stopping framework

export LANG LC_ALL

respawn

exec sh /mnt/us/scripts/weather-init.sh

Server

• apt-get install pngcrush librsvg2-bin