TALER-MDB-ADS.SH(1)

NAME
taler-mdb-ads.sh - renders advertisements on vending machines' displays while taler-mdb is idle

SYNOPSIS

taler-mdb-ads.sh [-c FILENAME] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

taler-mdb-ads.sh is a command-line tool to render advertisements.

Its options are as follows:

-c FILENAME
    Use the configuration and other resources for the command to operate from FILENAME.

-h  Print short help on options.

    When this script is running, it will cycle through rendering the files in $PREFIX/share/taler/ads/ on FRAMEBUFFER_DEVICE (as defined in the configuration file). It will render them in a random order, reshuffling them each time it loops around. It depends on the fbi tool (https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/) to render images on the framebuffer.

    Note that, as of taler-mdb v0.10.0, we kill all (via killall) running fbi processes when cycling between images, not just the ones we started. This behaviour may change in future releases.

SEE ALSO

taler-mdb(1), taler-mdb.conf(5).

BUGS

Report bugs by using https://bugs.taler.net or by sending electronic mail to <taler@gnu.org>.

AUTHOR
GNU Taler contributors

COPYRIGHT
2014-2025 Taler Systems SA (GPLv3+ or GFDL 1.3+)