On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 01:51 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Now I came with this project: I want to build a "remote graphics > display > > device" that will allow me to connect it into my local net and show > > dynamically generated png (or whatever) image files from a central > server to > > this "special thin-clients". The purpose is to create a network of > > information screens that can be spread across a building. > > > > This thin-clients would be "special" because they won?t have > keyboard nor > > mouse (nobody is going to use them as a workstation), only a cheap > small > > form factor i386 compatible pc and monitor. The image files > transferred from > > server to clients would be < 50KB, one each 10 seconds or so. Plan > to have > > 10 of this devices in the 1st phase. > > > > Thoughts...
This is utterly trivial to achieve: 1) Install ubuntu 2) Add ltsp5 3) Set LDM_USERNAME and LDM_PASSWORD in .xsession for that user do something to display your picture, no desktop (gnome/kde) no window manager (eg icewm) nothing eg .xsession ---- show_picture exit Have fun James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _____________________________________________________________________ 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
