On Mon Jun 28, 2004 at 11:58:02 +1000, Paul Robinson wrote: >Hi Sluggers, > >Trying to lock down a RH9 box so that it automatically logs in as a kiosk user and >then starts up a FireFox browser window only (no window manager). I've achieved this >to an extent - The only thing that doesn't work is the keyboard. I can move the mouse >and click on links but I cannot type anything into the browser. > >Is anyone aware of anything screwy with the way X handles the keyboard if there's no >window manager. My memory of the days before gnome and kde were pretty standard was >that the keyboard would still work.
When doing Kiosk's I used ratpoison as the wm, which worked quite well. It wasn't in an environment where there was the potential for malicious use, so I didn't go to the trouble of disabling any of the keys, however this wouldn't be too hard to do. Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
