On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:00:31PM -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I am setting a read only kiosk (it displays various web pages > progmatically and has *NO OTHER* function) and security is not a > concern because the hardware is locked away and need to find the most > hands free way method of going from power on to full screen > www/firefox.... is it sufficent to have a su to a non-root user and > then run startx in /etc/rc(.local) [I have a custom /etc/rc so I do > not need rc.local)
I don't know the process for setting that up off the top of my head. Perhaps a minimal window manager with only one workspace and the browser executed in your .xinitrc file would do the trick. I seem to recall there is a way to turn off access to TTY consoles, too. I wonder, though . . . why Firefox? Would a more minimal (but still GUI) browser -- such as Surf, perhaps -- serve your needs better? -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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