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Gene Wilburn, ITS Dept, Royal Ontario Museum
v1.0, October 1999
This document provides a guide for setting up a WWW-based kiosk using Linux, X11R6, FVWM2, Netscape Navigator 4.X, and a customized trackball. It outlines the methods that were used to create a public kiosk for the Hands On Biodiversity Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
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Kiosk HOWTO
Gene Wilburn, ITS Dept, Royal Ontario Museum
<genew@rom.on.ca>
v1.0, October 1999
This document provides a guide for setting up a WWW-based kiosk using Linux, X11R6, FVWM2, Netscape Navigator 4.X, and a customized trackball. It outlines the methods that were used to create a public kiosk for the Hands On Biodiversity Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. Building a Kiosk Environment
- 3.1 FVWM2
- 3.2 Netscape Navigator
- 3.3 Overlay Masks for Navigator
- 3.4 /root/kiosk.xinitrc
- 3.5 /root/xkiosk
4. Initializing the Kiosk
- 4.1 /etc/inittab modifications
- 4.2 /etc/rc.d/rc.4/S99xkiosk runlevel script
- 4.3 Booting normally from the console
5. Other Considerations
6. Future Directions
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