kiosk login
Hello,
I should set up a small linux box to works as a kiosk and run a slide show with a power point presentation. It should be done, in order, that the system do automatically login, without requiring any username or passwd, graphically, and launch openoffice.org impress with a loop set up. All of these probably on a slackware distro. I think I should set up /etc/inittab to the gui runlevel - 5 -, but I would like to know how to prevent the login (I do not want gnome or kde, small twm instead). Configuring xdm or skip it? (if possible?). I am looking at OOo command line options and finding some useful, however how to run it automatically after the X server start? Some years ago I thought to understand all of the booting process, exams of the partitions and be a wizard of the *magical rc.local trick* :-), but some questions let me with a question mark on the head ?:-. *grin* Bye, tano |
there was a recent article on slashdot about using kiosk mode on some ubuntu desktops in a library. It used kde though. It may be worth the trouble.
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Now I look at it. There is also an how-to on tldp directory, but
is too dated (1999). However I did not want to install kde to make it work. I changed distro to ubuntu (cause hardware change and I can opt for a recent distro), so I know look to gdm setup. Thanks, tano |
diff my poor english:
< I know look at gdm setup > now I will look at gdm setup excuse me <:-) |
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