Hi thanks for the comments and suggestions.
indeed I know cron only does HIS job.
On my media server I have a remote and a bash script running evtest in. a loop and acting on some buutton push. this works.
So I will study on ssh evtest , what happens when I toiuch the screen.
is there a lighter simpler way though? (ie without a bash script like described here). I don't need to identify a specific portion of the screen only the touch event and an associated bash command.
I have usb net 0.22 I think.