Mandag den 20. marts 2006 22:02 skrev Anselm Martin Hoffmeister: > Am Montag, den 20.03.2006, 21:46 +0100 schrieb Verner Kjærsgaard: > > Hi list, > > > > - this is a quickie... > > - I just can't figure out what tool to use: > > > > The school admin at one of the installations wishes to be able to publish > > messages onto the screen of one particular client - a client that is > > never shut down. In other words from one client to another. This way > > quick messages may be flashed to the teachers room from the head masters > > office. > > > > I just can't figure out what utility to use? > > > > Any ideas? > > xmessage, for example. Text only, easy to configure for confirmation > buttons etc. > > Optionally, for even nicer messages, something like konqueror, invoking > it with a profile that turns off any menu bars and stuff and runs in > full screen mode. This would allow for html display, of course. > > In a certain (non-LTSP-) setup I have one display that has no input > devices attached, just displays images with a short descriptive text. > This is done mainly with xli, which makes bitmap display easy. > > You will have to play around with the .Xauthority, I guess. > > Regards, > > Anselm > > -
- thanks, - but doesn't the "xmessage" text show up on all screens of all clients? I looked into the man page of xmessage and I can't seem to find any "destination" parameter? - btw: I will only read any possible answers tomorrow, turning in now :-) ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
