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TC as a Kiosk
remus:
Hi all,
Trying to get the basic's of a TC + firefox web kiosk setup on a VirtualBox VM before tackling the old HP Touchsmart 300 install I want to deploy it to.
Goals of this project:
* A touch screen pc start up and there is desktop as such. It just loads firefox straight away and loads one URL, a webpage that shows items we have for sale in our OP Shop. Would be great if there was no address bar or any other interface, just the webpage.
* Id also like to set the system to close and restart firefox after 5 minutes of IDLE activity. An easy solution to get fresh content on screen
* I'm also wondering if it might be possible to have a screen saver on TC ?
Where would be a good place to start ?
I think I want Microcore... and learn how to get bare bones of x components... and just put firefox in bootlocal.sh maybe ?
Suggestions and comments welcome,
Thank you.
Rich:
Hi remus
I know that several members have posted about this subject in the past. I think your first move should be to go to the search
page and search for kiosk.
curaga:
The book has a chapter on this too. For screensavers, the default is a black screen, configurable via xset; xscreensaver is available for locking and pretty savers, and several other options for locking only.
patrikg:
Some old webpage.. but somewhere to start
https://itekblog.com/tiny-core-linux-remote-desktop-kiosk/
remus:
The journey continues.
I've been following the kiosk setup guide in the Core book
tinycorelinux.net/corebook.pd
When the system boots up firefox is determined to try and load previous pages, despite the fact that I set it to load the home page each time. See attached image for reference.
Another problem is that it doesnt start full screen.
suggestions and comments welcome.
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