#!/bin/bash # Script to hide desktop UI and ensure video player is always on top # Function to hide desktop elements hide_desktop_ui() { echo "Hiding desktop UI elements..." # Hide taskbar/panel (works with most desktop environments) pkill -f "lxpanel" 2>/dev/null || true pkill -f "xfce4-panel" 2>/dev/null || true pkill -f "gnome-panel" 2>/dev/null || true pkill -f "mate-panel" 2>/dev/null || true # Hide desktop icons gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false 2>/dev/null || true gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons false 2>/dev/null || true # Disable screen saver and power management xset s off 2>/dev/null || true xset -dpms 2>/dev/null || true xset s noblank 2>/dev/null || true # Disable mouse cursor after 5 seconds of inactivity unclutter -idle 5 -root 2>/dev/null || true echo "Desktop UI elements hidden" } # Function to ensure VLC stays on top keep_vlc_on_top() { echo "Ensuring VLC stays on top..." # Wait for VLC to start sleep 10 # Use wmctrl to keep VLC on top while true; do if pgrep -f "vlc" > /dev/null; then wmctrl -r "VLC media player" -b add,above 2>/dev/null || true wmctrl -r "vlc" -b add,above 2>/dev/null || true fi sleep 5 done } # Function to start video player service start_video_player() { echo "Starting video player service..." # Add user to gpio group if not already added if ! groups $USER | grep -q gpio; then echo "Adding user to gpio group..." sudo usermod -a -G gpio $USER echo "Please log out and log back in for GPIO group changes to take effect" fi # Start the video player service sudo systemctl enable video-player.service sudo systemctl start video-player.service echo "Video player service started" } # Main execution case "$1" in "hide") hide_desktop_ui ;; "keep-top") keep_vlc_on_top ;; "start") start_video_player ;; "all") hide_desktop_ui start_video_player keep_vlc_on_top & ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {hide|keep-top|start|all}" echo " hide - Hide desktop UI elements" echo " keep-top - Keep VLC on top (runs continuously)" echo " start - Start video player service" echo " all - Do everything (hide UI, start service, keep on top)" exit 1 ;; esac