Re: Help with creating my own login gui

From: Wolfgang Draxinger (wdraxinger_at_darkstargames.de)
Date: 08/23/05 

Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:19:13 +0200

Jon wrote:

> [plans for Browser Kiosk]

Use the source luke, err Jon. Have a look at the sources of xdm.
Further you should take a look into the "login" program sources,
PAM, etc.

It's getting complicated you surely understand. But why so
complicated? You could automatically login a user "kiosk" at
bootup, that spawns a X11 session. Put the webbrowser of your
choice into .xinitrc, plus a slick WM like FVWM.

Now to the keyboard/mouse locking: Either use Xscreensaver for
this, but replace the unlocking window. Or write your own
programm, that opens a window with a message, that grabs the
keyboard and mouse exclusively. This programm is started by the
daemon, that watches for the coin and the credit counter.

Wolfgang Draxinger 

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