KIOSK - Single Application MODE in RHEL or Ubuntu

giobaxx · 10-08-2020, 06:02 AM

Hello to Everyone

I need a big help, because i should prepare a KIOSK, basically that run in we can say single-Application Mode.

Basically it boots and it present to the user the application need it in full screen without the user can ran terminal, can print...etrc...

We should use RedHat 7.x but in case we should use also Ubuntu 18.04.

I tried to googled but i was not able to find anything worked for me.

smallpond · 10-08-2020, 07:42 AM

Googled linux kiosk setup. First hit has instructions:

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/secure-...osk#1-overview

uteck · 10-08-2020, 09:09 AM

If you only need to run a browser, then Porteus might be for you. https://distrowatch.com/table.php?di...n=porteuskiosk

giobaxx · 10-09-2020, 05:30 PM

The problem id that i cannot choose a distro i'm forced to use Ubuntu or RedHat. I'm just trying to following a guide about how to run X application Without Desktop Environment :

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-run-x...esktop-or-a-wm

Basically if i boot in multi-user.target running from a Terminal this command

Quote:

$ xinit google-earth-pro $* -- :0 vt$XDG_VTNR

i'm able to open google-earth-pro but it will not run in full screen, and the actual windows seems to be no resizable.

In this workstation there is a NVIDIA Card but the driver are't still installed it could be this the problem?

Thanks

uteck · 10-12-2020, 09:24 AM

It could be a driver issue.
Last time I did something like this was years ago and I did have the desktop auto-start and then it auto-started the app full screen. I had to get drivers working for the various hardware to ensure that the app worked smoothly full-screen.