Id like to see how you removed internet services from the kiosks please 8) I still scratch my head on various aspects of Linux ;)
--- Peter Billson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rod, > I have set up web-based Linux OPACs in several > libraries and they work *great* with uptimes of > hundreds of days without any intervention. Here is a > brief overview. I'd be happy to share any scripts I > have and feel free to write with any specific > questions. I always seem too busy for the > documentation so, unfortunately, I do not have a > publicly understandable "How to." > > 1) I have set them up both as stand-alone machines > and using LTSP. An example of the stand-alone setup > is available at > http://www.elbnet.com/fanwood/opac.htm - a work in > progress. My choice would depend upon the available > hardware. If your old catalog > machines are early Pentium I'd choose LTSP for > performance if they are beefier then that, stand > alone may be the way to go. I have not set up LTSP > with local apps but if the machines are beefy enough > to run the applications on their own, why have the > server? Just eliminating the harddrive is a small > benefit for the cost of the central server. Since > all the machines are identical simply set up a > "master" catalog and rsync the "slave" machines to > it. Savings: cost of one server! :-) > > 2) Auto login works great with KDM under LTSP or > you can launch the GUI right from init for > stand-alone machines. This way there is *always* a > GUI running and it will automatically restart if it > gets killed for some reason. > > 3) I like Icewm as the GUI and you simply strip > *everything* out of it - i.e. blank toolbar, disable > key commands, etc. but you still have a nice clock > and a "pretty" look. Also lets the user open > multiple windows (i.e. the catalog help window) and > toggle > between them "Windows style." > > 4) Mozilla is quiet easily locked down (removing > all the menu items, address bar, etc.) and is > launched from a wrapper script that automatically > re-launches it if it gets closed. Set a couple of > bookmarks for your catalog home page and other > catalogs you > want the user to have access to. > > 5) In Fanwood, I also put up a firewall on the OPACS > to prevent people from clicking their way through > the catalog to the Net. There are public Internet > kiosks for that and we didn't want people "surfing > the Net" from the OPACs when all the Internet > kiosks were taken. > > 6) Ignore the old Browser lock-down stuff. That only > works for the older Netscape 4.7 (I'd be glad to > send you my stuff for that too if you want... many > frustrating hours!). The newer, Mozilla 1.x is > *much* easier to lock down and eliminate the need to > use those &%$#% little graphics on top of the > browser! > > 7) Finally, I run a slide-show with xscreensaver > when the catalogs are not in use. I have given the > libiries the ability to update these slides so they > can use the idle catalogs as little billboards > throughout the library. > Running xscreensaver also allowed me to reset the > Web browser back to the catalog start page between > users. > In Fanwood, with a little fancy scripting, I also > automatically grab screen shots of the library's > Web-based events calendar and add them to the slide > show each night. As a result the slide show always > contains information about upcoming events (i.e. > book groups, Board meetings, etc.) without any staff > intervention. > > Pete > -- > http://www.elbnet.com > ELB Internet Service, Inc. > Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = > Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or > change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
