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Hello, Cameron!
This is about goes16-background.
I'm a complete novice in Linux and I use Manjaro 20.1 KDE Plasma.
First I found himawaripi script and installed it.
I installed it via Pamac. It was
himawaripy-git r155.035b5b40-1
package from the AUR. The installation went smoothly because the package contains all python and other files needed for the script to work.
I used systemd to set the timer and everything was OK - full and smooth automation.

Then I found your goes16-background script on Github.

I could not install python using commands from your instruction, maybe because I'm just a novice, so I downloaded the package from the AUR:

goes16-background-git 0.1-1

First. If I install this package BEFORE himawaripy, it does not work, because does not contain (IMHO) needed python files. But if I install this package AFTER himawaripy - everything is OK. It works if I start in the terminal program.

OK, the main part of the script was installed right to the
/usr/bin/goes16-background

Second. I installed a Milky Way image as a background. Then I modified
goes16-background.service file as follows:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/goes16-background --compose-over /home/alex/milkyway.jpg

Third. I setup systemd timer just in accordance with your instruction:
systemctl --user enable --now goes16-background.timer

And in 15 minutes I can see the Earth image over the Milky Way. It is OK.

Fourth. Well, in 15 minutes, and in 15 minutes, and in 15 minutes there were NO CHANGES of the Earth image.

Fifth. I left the window session and logged in again. And I saw the latest Earth image, but no change in 15, 15, 15 minutes!

I'm lost. Why does the script not update the image?

Can you help, please?

Best regards,
Alex

I updated from a very old version today and noticed that the --no_set_bg option is no longer available. Was there a reason for this change? It would be great to have it back. (I do some postprocessing on the output after this tool downloads the images for me.)

Thank you for the nice utility!

It looks like the GOES 17 data is available in the same location as the data used, so it should be reasonably easy to add a config option for which satellite to download from.

first of all, sorry for my english
when crontab do the job for me, the background is not seted at all, this happend on debian 11

this is my crontab code

 */10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/goes16-background >> /home/altrup/goes.log

i add the output file to see whats going on, and throws me this

goes16-background 1.2.0
Updating...
Latest version: 2021/09/20 19:40:20 UTC.
Downloading tiles...
Downloading tiles: 1/4 completed...
Downloading tiles: 2/4 completed...
Downloading tiles: 3/4 completed...
Downloading tiles: completed.
Saving to '/home/altrup/.cache/goes16background/goes16-20210920T194020.png'...
Could NOT retrieve env. var. DESKTOP_SESSION
Could NOT retrieve env. var. KDE_FULL_SESSION
Could NOT retrieve env. var. GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
Could NOT retrieve env. var. XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
Fetched env. var. DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS as `unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus`
Could NOT retrieve env. var. DISPLAY
Could NOT retrieve env. var. DESKTOP_SESSION
Could NOT retrieve env. var. KDE_FULL_SESSION
Could NOT retrieve env. var. GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
Could NOT retrieve env. var. XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
Your desktop environment 'unknown' is not supported!

and the crontab log throws me this

Sep 20 16:30:01 altrup CRON[1790]: (altrup) CMD (/usr/local/bin/goes16-background )
Sep 20 16:30:10 altrup gnome-shell[922]: Failed to load background 'file:///home/altrup/.cache/goes16background/goes16-20210920T151020.png': Error al abrir el archivo /home/altrup/.cache/goes16background/goes16-20210920T151020.png: No existe el fichero o el directorio

and when i see the name of the file that is trying to open doesnt mach with the recently downloaded
thats all i have, i hope you find the solution, thanks

Hey @cameronleger

Great project, congrats! Would you like me to link goes16-background in himawaripy's README so that people can learn about alternatives? I'd appreciate if you do the same. =) Also I think there was a macOS specific fork but I can't remember the details right now, I'll ask the author of that fork as well to join us.

Good luck and let me know if there is anything I can possibly help with.

P.S. your README needs reformatting.