Hello, SCOPE: I'm looking for some advise on a non-standard system I need to build. It's a gentoo server, who's sole function is to run JFFNMS (which requires apache, mysql/postgres and rrdtools) and a minimalistic gui interface that functions like a kiosk. All I want the system to do is provided the monitor the ability to display the various graphs and interfaces to JFFNMS via some minimal (kde) interface.
Usually, I do not install X/kde on servers and I install kde-meta on workstations. The server will definitely need gui support and maybe a user shell, such as operator, and a means to shutdown and reboot the system, such as the kde login manager. ASSUMPTIONS: Launch all softare (where possible) via the init system (rc-update add apache default).....for example Use cron to prune the files (log rotate then age then delete) that tend to grow and are not needed by the Network Management System. Google: http://marc.info/?l=gentoo-user&m=110453491611172&w=2 http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_MythTV all input is welcome. QUESTIONS: Which profile to use? Any kernel optimizations (low latency desktop)? Launch the application (JFFNMS) from /etc/conf.d/local.start ? or Launch a login interface, require the user to login as operator and then launch JFFNMS when the user log ins ? Hopefully, somebody has previously built something like this before and can shed some light as to what works and what does not work. The intended user is a technician that barely knows how to use MS windows, hence the kiosk approach, with mouse driven options only. Maybe there's something cool coming in kde4 ? James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
