: Building a single user Internet terminal / Done!
on Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> begin quoting what Erik van der Meulen said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at
10:32:35AM +0200:
> >
> > - /usr/local/bin/startkiosk only does 'startx'
>
> Now mak
on Tue, Apr 09, 2002, Tom Cook ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On 0, Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > begin quoting what Karsten M. Self said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:18:58AM
> > -0700:
> > >
> > > Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you
> > > want:
>
On 0, Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:39:52PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
>
> > > which contains a file 'SecurityPolicy'. That seems to be applicable,
> > > only quite complex! Can I accomplish the required by making changes
> > > here?
>
> > Do y
On 0, Shawn McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> begin quoting what Karsten M. Self said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:18:58AM
> -0700:
> >
> > Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you
> > want:
> >
> >startx_command && shutdown -h now
> >
> > ...which should
begin quoting what Karsten M. Self said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:18:58AM
-0700:
>
> Not recommended. If X quits abnormally, it will also restart. What you
> want:
>
>startx_command && shutdown -h now
>
> ...which should only restart the system if X is exited normally. If it
> exits wi
on Mon, Apr 08, 2002, Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> begin quoting what Erik van der Meulen said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at
> 10:32:35AM +0200:
> >
> > - /usr/local/bin/startkiosk only does 'startx'
>
> Now make that script do a "shutdown -h now" after startx exits, and all
> you'll ha
begin quoting what Erik van der Meulen said on Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:32:35AM
+0200:
>
> - /usr/local/bin/startkiosk only does 'startx'
Now make that script do a "shutdown -h now" after startx exits, and all
you'll have to do to shut down is exit X. Maybe.
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On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:39:52PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> > which contains a file 'SecurityPolicy'. That seems to be applicable,
> > only quite complex! Can I accomplish the required by making changes
> > here?
> Do you have /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config?
> Read my post somewhere else in
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 13:35, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:04:08PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>
> > > 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,
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:04:08PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > 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.
> Change the first two lines of /etc/X11/Xserver to read
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 02:00:04PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> > off like a stereo)
> I'm going to say DON'T DO THIS as well.
> This isn't what ext3fs is designed to prevent or protect against.
> You can speed shutd
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 00:52, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:47:38PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
>
> > > 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 serv
on Sun, Apr 07, 2002, Erik van der Meulen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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
> > ki
on Sun, Apr 07, 2002, Crispin Wellington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> off like a stereo)
I'm going to say DON'T DO THIS as well.
This isn't what ext3fs is designed to prevent or protect against.
You can speed shutdown by
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 18:52:40 +0200
Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:47:38PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
>
> > > Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'.
> > > Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating:
> > >
> > > X: user not au
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:47:38PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> > 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 use
My suggestion would be to use straight sawfish for a window manager.
It's lightning fast when used alone. Also you could configure a
shortcut key such as ctrl-alt-esc to shutdown. If memory serves all
you have to do is replace the gnome-session& in your .xsession with
sawfish&
On Sun, 2002-04-
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 08:47, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> 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 u
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:33, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> begin quoting what Crispin Wellington said on Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at
> 08:44:06PM +0800:
> >
> > Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> > off like a stereo)
>
> Jeebus. Do you tell people with airbags to not b
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
begin quoting what Crispin Wellington said on Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM
+0800:
>
> Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> off like a stereo)
Jeebus. Do you tell people with airbags to not bother using their
brakes, just go ahead and hit a tree to stop?
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 e
also sprach Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.07.1425 +0200]:
> Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple
> Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration
> that contains the following:
not quite your solution, but look at how jamie did
On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 20:25, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple
> Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration
> that contains the following:
>
> - Internet access
> - IceWM-experimental
> - Galeon
>
> Things seem
Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple
Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration
that contains the following:
- Internet access
- IceWM-experimental
- Galeon
Things seem to work well (b.t.w. any chance of adjusting the Gnome fonts
in menus etc
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