localzuk Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 I have a need to boot direct to an application, rather than running a DM (GDM or KDM etc...) and then a display manager or window manager. Instead, I want to boot straight into a citrix session, or a firefox session (depending on the client). And I don't feel comfortable using thinstation for these roles either. I know what I want to do can be done, as I have seen it done in various places, I just need nudging in the right direction, as my Google-Foo is not working today.
Arcath Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 it might be a automatic login in GDM then a login script that opens a program
powdarrmonkey Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Without a window manager, you won't get Useful Things like a title bar, resize handles, etc, etc.
localzuk Posted April 27, 2009 Author Posted April 27, 2009 Without a window manager, you won't get Useful Things like a title bar, resize handles, etc, etc. Those things are unnecessary for a full screen web browser... In fact I don't want them It is definitely done without a WM - Lancaster Uni does it with their library systems used for browsing their catalog for example. They boot straight into Firefox, no DM, no WM etc...
Arcath Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 I found this: HowTo: Create a boot-from-CD browser kiosk with Firefox and Linux - InfoDabble Its for a Live OS (That can be copied onto a HDD anyway) unless it absolutely has to be ubuntu
localzuk Posted April 27, 2009 Author Posted April 27, 2009 May I ask why you don't want to use thinstation? Because it won't work nicely with the machines and I am finding it hard to get a response on how to fix the issue... Not much use to me if I can't get X to work on the machines at all
Geoff Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Because it won't work nicely with the machines and I am finding it hard to get a response on how to fix the issue... Not much use to me if I can't get X to work on the machines at all Can you point me to the thread on EduGeek where you posted the issue? I might be able to help. 1
localzuk Posted April 27, 2009 Author Posted April 27, 2009 Can you point me to the thread on EduGeek where you posted the issue? I might be able to help. http://www.edugeek.net/forums/thin-client-virtual-machines/34275-thinstation-x-server-problem.html I'll post an update there too.
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