[olug] Any X11 experts out there?

[Carl Lundstedt]

I certainly don't have personal experience with this, but I recall 
hearing about it:
http://kiosk.mozdev.org/
They have some interesting looking links:
http://stlouis-shopper.com/~jtjsoftware/kiosk/kiosk-links.html
Wouldn't hurt to look I guess.

Carl
> Something that sounds similar to Items 1, 2, and 3 is
> http://webconverger.org/ or http://cl33n.com/
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Daniel Pfile
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:46 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: [olug] Any X11 experts out there?
>
> I'm looking into the feasibility of a kiosk-like project. One component
> needs to do something like the following:
>
> 1: Launch a program to lock the screen with something like a virtual
> root window like xlock/xscreensaver.
> 2: Run an x11 application inside that virtual root window, no wm needed.
> 3: Accept mouse and keyboard input to the x11 app (xscreensaver can't do
> this by design).
> 4: When the app exits, end the virtual root window and return the user
> to the desktop.
>
> In other words, launch an app from within a normal x11 session and don't
> let the user do anything else/use any other app until the app exits.
>
> Does anybody have any ideas on how/if this has been done before? Do I
> need to just give up and start reading xlib documentation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Daniel
>
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