Re: Linux Tourist Information Station

2002-11-13 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:30:43AM +0200, Ben-Nes Michael wrote: Hi All I'm looking for solution that will enable me to put a computer installed with Linux in a closed boot so people could surf to specific site. Jamie Zawinsky (yes, *that* jwz) has a thorough explanation of how he set up web

RE: Linux Tourist Information Station

2002-11-13 Thread Martin Polley
I haven't looked at it myself, and it is kind of old (1999), but some of these issues may be covered in the Kiosk HOWTO: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kiosk-HOWTO.html HTH, Martin Polley Technical Communicator http://www.surf-com.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (+972) (4) 9095-732 Mobile: (053) 864-280

Re: Linux Tourist Information Station

2002-11-13 Thread Eli Marmor
Ben-Nes Michael wrote: Hi All I'm looking for solution that will enable me to put a computer installed with Linux in a closed boot so people could surf to specific site. My Q are: 1. Can I force Mozzila to stay maximize all the time ? ( also disable the exit application ) 2. Can I

RE: Linux Tourist Information Station

2002-11-13 Thread Boulgakov Andrei
Title: RE: Linux Tourist Information Station Think about XUL Paragraph from developer.netscape.com about XUL: XUL can be used to define a browser UI, but it is not limited to browser UIs. In a XUL-based desktop application, the user may see the pull-down menus and dialogs of a development

RE: Linux Tourist Information Station

2002-11-13 Thread Ben Hornedo
You may want to look into something called KIOSK mode for Mozilla. There are several Linux Kiosk projects on the 'net. Here is one: http://kiosk.mozdev.org/ Hop this helps. -Ben Hornedo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-il-bounce;cs.huji.ac.il]On Behalf Of

Re: Linux Tourist Information Station

2002-11-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Eli Marmor wrote: Ben-Nes Michael wrote: My Q are: 1. Can I force Mozzila to stay maximize all thetime ? ( also disable the exit application ) The common way to meet your needs, is to avoid window manager, but open Mozilla (with maximal geometry) directly on the

Re: Linux Tourist Information Station

2002-11-13 Thread Hetz Ben-Hamo
My Q are: 1. Can I force Mozzila to stay maximize all the time ? ( also disable the exit application ) 2. Can I disable the shutdown in the GUI ? 3. what GUI should I use ? safe fail ? I don't know about Mozilla, but you can do it with KDE in Kiosk mode - and you can leave the window

Re: Linux Tourist Information Station

2002-11-13 Thread Eli Marmor
I wrote: The common way to meet your needs, is to avoid window manager, but open Mozilla (with maximal geometry) directly on the X. However, it involves some issues, though simpler than the needs you currently have (for example, the absence of a TITLE, no way use more than one window