On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Kai Hendry <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25 April 2012 20:05, Marius Gedminas <[email protected]> wrote: >> Do you find the existing GUI tools for monitor configuration inconvenient? > > Yes. In Webconverger's case, we deploy kiosks for use in schools and > libraries. We need to set them up in advance on different sorts of > hardware. > > Hardware that could be LVDS1 or VGA1 the next IIUC. > > > We can't use GUI tools, because: > A) Webconverger is strictly Web only viewport and although a Web GUI > tool for rotating/sizing the screen is implementable, I'd rather not > do it > B) we don't want public users of the machine to possibly set the > screen upside down and disrupt the next user's session > > (B) is the more important case, I hope you understand. Kind regards,
If the are locked down kiosks then just configure them how you want them statically and then don't let the user change the configuration. If (B) is the most important then why allow users to mess with the displays at all? Alex _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
