I need a distro that does some very specific things..
So here's my set up:
Dell Latitude CPx J750GT 750/600MHz Mobile Pentium Processor 128 MB RAM 12 GB HardDrive 10/100 Ethernet Card Installed Here's what I need it to do: I have it installed in a picture frame, so I was hoping to use it basically as a digital picture frame. But then I thought about it and realized that with everything in it, I could easily make it a media center. So I want to be able to run some kind of media center on it so i can pull music and pictures off my server on to it and display it on the screen or play it through some speakers. Only problem is, I need a distro that can boot up and run without a keyboard attached. Only a mouse. So an on-screen keyboard would be good for things like artist/song look up would be nice, but not necessary. i can deal with scrolling. so in short, the requirements of the linux distro is: -GUI (No keyboard to use) -Play media off of a server -Able to have a slideshow-picutre-view screen saver installed to pull photos off of a server And I would prefer it - Has an on-screen keyboard - is small enough to run on a 512mb thumb drive (it would be nice to get rid of the harddrive, but i have to check to see if the computer can boot from usb) Keep in mind i can hook just about anything up to the computer to install it, but i want minimal things (just power if i can find a wireless net adapter for it) plugged into it once its hanging on the wall. Thanks for your help in advance! TheLostChinese Admin@thelostchinese.org http://thelostchinese.org |
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Most OS's I know will boot without a keyboard attached With linux you can set it by editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file Make sure you back up the file before you start You need to be root (have admin access) to save the changes have a look for InputDevices in the man pages on your computer man xorg.conf I think it is as simple as commenting out the keyboard line in the server section. Code:
Section "ServerLayout" save your work and restart the x session to see the results. vi is a good cli editor, you can get a printable guide from http://www.kcomputing.com/vi.html K Computing. ctrl+alt+backspace to restart the session regards Glenn |
vi is a handy editor, We need admin rights to “save these files here”...
su (enter root password) vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf Quick vi tute Code:
vi is operated in a shell, like Konsole or term |
I'm sorry but vi is not a handy editor (at least not for beginners), try nano or joe. In joe, ctrl-k+h tells you everything.
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Nope! that does not work!
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When I only have a terminal shell, I have vi. And I rarely need all the commands. If I can find my way through the file system using locate and ls then launch vi, it has nice colours too. Ahhh.. Now I'm gonna try it with the keys unplugged....back soon. |
OK, I should have known....
With out editing xorg.conf at all The computer boots the same with the ps2 keyboard (and ps2 mouse) unplugged I just plugged them back in and I can type. :doh: Regards Glenn |
Isn't it nice that some thing just work from time to time :) A thing that happens to me more and more with Linux.
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