[SOLVED] How can I use my laptop as an Alarm Clock?
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I have an old compaq laptop that had XP on it and currently has linux mint 17 on it.
I like to use it as an alarm clock - using alarm-clock-applet. I have it set to start rhythmbox and automatically shuffle my music.
Is there a similar way that I can set that up with slackware? I've found the website for the program and could try compiling the program on slackware, but before I do that I figured I see if there's another way to do that.
Are you using KDE on Slackware? If so, you can use kalarm. Type kalarm or /usr/bin/kalarm in a terminal to open it. If you get no response, it's not installed. If you are not using KDE, you didn't indicate what you are using so...?
Are you using KDE on Slackware? If so, you can use kalarm. Type kalarm or /usr/bin/kalarm in a terminal to open it. If you get no response, it's not installed. If you are not using KDE, you didn't indicate what you are using so...?
Actually the laptop is old enough I'm probably going to use xfce or mate.
Not sure what you mean by 'simple was to set up', but depending upon your music files you can use a combination of at(1) and ogg123(1) to play a music file at a specified date/time. Maybe create a script to pass a shuffled playlist into ogg123 or another command line music player. Or even better use crontab(1) entries instead of at(1)
To have a Real Alarm Clock (TM), the victim computer should have the ability to wake-up from stand-by, at specified time, a task available in some BIOS-es...
Then, after your Slack was booted at the right time, enter in the game Your Patented Noise System (TM).
Or, you will leave the computer on, beyond the night?
Last edited by Darth Vader; 09-15-2014 at 03:54 AM.
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