might want to take a look at: http://new.linuxnow.com/docs/content/Kiosk-HOWTO-html/Kiosk-HOWTO.html
little different from what you're trying to do, but might have a few ideas.. HTH, -tom > Hi all, > > Can anyone offer me some pointers to typical changes made to a > "kiosk-like" RedHat system to make it brain-dead simple for users? For > example, I'd like to hide all the details of booting the system, such as > the kernel messages and the init script status output. I'd also like to > do the same on shutdown. Finally, I'd like the system to automatically > log in a user and make it simple for the user to shut down the system > without seeing a multi-option GNOME window which reads "Log Out" > "Reboot" "Shut Down", etc. > > Currently I'm using RedHat 8.0 for this with the bare minimum of GNOME > applications. I can automatically log in a user on bootup with a special > GDM config, but the shutting down of the system seems a bit more complex > - for some reason, the GNOME Log Out button and menu doesn't allow any > customization. I'm thinking a bad hack would be to set up sudo to allow > a user to issue "shutdown -h now" and add an icon to the desktop which > does that. But when that's done it's not really exiting the X session > correctly and I'd prefer to do things a better way. > > Let me know if I'm being too vague. The system I'm building isn't really > a kiosk, it's a sound level monitoring station which will be booted and > used often by computer illiterate users, or at best Windows neophytes. > > Thanks, > > Scott > > -- > Scott A. Garman Unix System Administrator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNH Nuclear Physics Group > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
