Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:37:35 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: boting straight into firefox Message-ID: <20110715033735.GA11321@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXnbenRFSP5yNVuQSi71NCE7-fkShQGp=A9s_OFeRRAm=Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXnbenRFSP5yNVuQSi71NCE7-fkShQGp=A9s_OFeRRAm=Q@mail.gmail.com>
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--ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:00:31PM -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I am setting a read only kiosk (it displays various web pages > progmatically and has *NO OTHER* function) and security is not a > concern because the hardware is locked away and need to find the most > hands free way method of going from power on to full screen > www/firefox.... is it sufficent to have a su to a non-root user and > then run startx in /etc/rc(.local) [I have a custom /etc/rc so I do > not need rc.local) I don't know the process for setting that up off the top of my head. Perhaps a minimal window manager with only one workspace and the browser executed in your .xinitrc file would do the trick. I seem to recall there is a way to turn off access to TTY consoles, too. I wonder, though . . . why Firefox? Would a more minimal (but still GUI) browser -- such as Surf, perhaps -- serve your needs better? --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4ftf8ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWaOwCfXf4M4UacTw96yqWrXQi+X98w 8acAoL+s9odpvsbp5nS0na/6wmeohjLo =r0SX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv--
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