From d5a9378cea4c380d9983a24152cf8b21a182dfad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muddyblack <Muddyblack03@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:53:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] use unused tty's instead fixed

---
 images_slide_show.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/images_slide_show.sh b/images_slide_show.sh
index 79aa614..f30f84b 100755
--- a/images_slide_show.sh
+++ b/images_slide_show.sh
@@ -60,15 +60,31 @@ display() {
 
     kill_display_processes
 
+    # Find an unused TTY
+    unused_tty=""
+    for tty in {1..7}; do
+        if ! who | grep -q "tty$tty"; then
+            unused_tty=$tty
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ -z "$unused_tty" ]; then
+        echo "No unused TTY found!"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
     if [[ ${#image_files[@]} -gt 0 && ${#video_files[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
         while true; do
-            sudo fbi -a -r 3 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T 1 --noverbose -1 "${image_files[@]}"
+            sudo chvt $unused_tty
+            sudo fbi -a -r 3 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose -1 "${image_files[@]}"
             sleep $((IMAGE_FILES_COUNT * DISPLAYTIME))
             sudo pkill -x "fbi"
             cvlc "$video_files"
         done
     elif [ -n "$image_files" ]; then
-        sudo fbi -a -r 5 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T 1 --noverbose "${image_files[@]}"
+        sudo chvt $unused_tty
+        sudo fbi -a -r 5 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose "${image_files[@]}"
     elif [ -n "$video_files" ]; then
         #clear
         cvlc --loop "$video_files"

From 94056eef4d7df261bbf9ee300aa3b1ead650a9f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muddyblack <Muddyblack03@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:19:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] test using background process

---
 images_slide_show.sh | 3 +++
 requirements.txt     | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/images_slide_show.sh b/images_slide_show.sh
index f30f84b..7f72e66 100755
--- a/images_slide_show.sh
+++ b/images_slide_show.sh
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ display() {
     elif [ -n "$image_files" ]; then
         sudo chvt $unused_tty
         sudo fbi -a -r 5 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose "${image_files[@]}"
+        fbiID=$!
+        sudo chvt $unused_tty
+        wait $fbiID
     elif [ -n "$video_files" ]; then
         #clear
         cvlc --loop "$video_files"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e85305..38f1d43 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ google-auth-oauthlib
 google-auth-httplib2
 google-api-python-client
 Pillow
-pyqt5
-Pylint
\ No newline at end of file
+Pylint
+pyqt5
\ No newline at end of file

From 74de091cb717808fe803d884784962b661424e53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muddyblack <muddyblack03@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:21:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] debugging aid

---
 images_slide_show.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/images_slide_show.sh b/images_slide_show.sh
index 7f72e66..ff66ebc 100755
--- a/images_slide_show.sh
+++ b/images_slide_show.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ display() {
     if [ -z "$unused_tty" ]; then
         echo "No unused TTY found!"
         return 1
+    else
+        echo "Using TTY $unused_tty"
     fi
 
     if [[ ${#image_files[@]} -gt 0 && ${#video_files[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then

From d9fb2de373a45d9325343f1af080ecc7e3353058 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muddyblack <Muddyblack03@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:27:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] fix

---
 images_slide_show.sh | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/images_slide_show.sh b/images_slide_show.sh
index ff66ebc..4440ca5 100755
--- a/images_slide_show.sh
+++ b/images_slide_show.sh
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ display() {
     if [[ ${#image_files[@]} -gt 0 && ${#video_files[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
         while true; do
             sudo chvt $unused_tty
-            sudo fbi -a -r 3 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose -1 "${image_files[@]}"
+            sudo fbi -a -r 3 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose -1 "${image_files[@]}" &
             sleep $((IMAGE_FILES_COUNT * DISPLAYTIME))
             sudo pkill -x "fbi"
             cvlc "$video_files"
         done
     elif [ -n "$image_files" ]; then
         sudo chvt $unused_tty
-        sudo fbi -a -r 5 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose "${image_files[@]}"
+        sudo fbi -a -r 5 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose "${image_files[@]}" &
         fbiID=$!
         sudo chvt $unused_tty
         wait $fbiID

From f3a2de071361ea93997ff384ddd2c5593914bb03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muddyblack <Muddyblack03@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:41:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] test with vt

---
 images_slide_show.sh | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/images_slide_show.sh b/images_slide_show.sh
index 4440ca5..160ce22 100755
--- a/images_slide_show.sh
+++ b/images_slide_show.sh
@@ -78,18 +78,13 @@ display() {
 
     if [[ ${#image_files[@]} -gt 0 && ${#video_files[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
         while true; do
-            sudo chvt $unused_tty
-            sudo fbi -a -r 3 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose -1 "${image_files[@]}" &
+            sudo fbi -a -r 3 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -vt $unused_tty --noverbose -1 "${image_files[@]}"
             sleep $((IMAGE_FILES_COUNT * DISPLAYTIME))
             sudo pkill -x "fbi"
             cvlc "$video_files"
         done
     elif [ -n "$image_files" ]; then
-        sudo chvt $unused_tty
-        sudo fbi -a -r 5 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -T $unused_tty --noverbose "${image_files[@]}" &
-        fbiID=$!
-        sudo chvt $unused_tty
-        wait $fbiID
+        sudo fbi -a -r 5 -t $DISPLAYTIME --blend $BLENDTIME -vt $unused_tty --noverbose "${image_files[@]}"
     elif [ -n "$video_files" ]; then
         #clear
         cvlc --loop "$video_files"