[geeks] Linux Web Kiosk

[Jonathan Katz]

Couldn't you do a .xinitrc with an "exec /usr/local/bin/firefox  
-----" give it the args for a kiosk (I remember you could do that  
with netscape back in the day...) .... if a user quits firefox  
they're logged out.

On Mar 2, 2008, at 9:34 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Mark wrote:
>> I have a small embedded machine that I am developing a web-based  
>> quite in PHP on and I want to use the box itself as a standalone  
>> demo unit. I would like to know if it was possible to have Xorg  
>> start up with a maximized Firefox window with no border or widget  
>> controls on the screen?  I am running Ubuntu Gutsy (PPC) and have  
>> no X desktop installed.
>
> This is trivial.  It's not an X function, it's a window manager  
> function.
>
> For instance, here's how you'd do it with FVWM2, in the .fvwm2rc file:
>
> Style "*Mozilla Firefox" NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, StaysOnTop, \
>                          BorderWidth 0
>
> AddToFunc InitFunction	I Exec /usr/local/bin/firefox