On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:30, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: > > > Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run > > this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be > > kiosk mode (the default). Make other run levels the admin mode (normal > > logins etc). > > Thanks a lot for your prompt answer! It sounds pretty much like what I > want. I have tried to follow your advice and came across one or two > little issues. > > > /etc/inittab line something like > > > ki:2:respawn:su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser > > I have replaced the line: > > l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
leave the standard rc scripts in there. Make sure that xdm/gdm/kdm is not started via symlinks from /etc/rc2.d. Add the respawn in as an extra runlevel 2 respawn. Heck, come to think of it, you could make an /etc/init.d/kiosk script that starts the kiosk, and stick it at the end of the rc2 startup. > in the inittab with your suggestion, in the hope that would do the > required. > > > /usr/local/bin/runkiosk could basically just startx, and let kioskusers > > .Xsession file do the rest. > > Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'. > Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating: > > X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting. The su -c command should change to a acceptable user. Interesting error. If you change su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser to su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk root, does it work? (not that thats a solution, just helps in locating the problem) > And a few more lines. I think I understand what is happening, but am not > too sure how to fix it. > > > Perhaps try running it without any WM at all. Use -geometry to make > > galeon fullscreen. > > That is something I would like to experiment with, but am not able to > picture how to do it. The 'alternatives' system allows me to switch > between IceWM and TWM, but not do without at all. Your .Xsession would be just 'galeon -geometry 1024x768+0+0'. No window manager at all. > > > - Provide some means for a user to safely shut down the system prior > > > to power-down (preferably from the GUI) > > > Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it > > off like a stereo) > > That would be brilliant. But again (sorry about my ignorance) I do not > really now how to get there. I seem to recall that the default install > (Woody and upgrade to Sid right after) does not have ext3 support. > Suppose a kernel rebuild would be required? Also, I have two partitions, > large root and a small boot (and swap also). I think I have read > sometime that /boot needed to be ext2... Further, is there a command for > converting an existing ext2 -> 3, or do I need to make a new > installation. If your kernel has ext3 support built in, use tune2fs to convert to ext3. /boot can be ext3 aswell. Crispin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
