<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Kiosk HOWTO </TITLE> <LINK HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Kiosk HOWTO </H1> <H2>Gene Wilburn, ITS Dept, Royal Ontario Museum <CODE><genew@rom.on.ca></CODE></H2>v1.0, October 1999 <P><HR> <EM>This document provides a guide for setting up a WWW-based kiosk using Linux, X11R6, FVWM2, Netscape Navigator 4.X, and a customized trackball. It outlines the methods that were used to create a public kiosk for the <I>Hands On Biodiversity Gallery</I> at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Copyright, license and terms of usage</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Acknowledgements</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-2.html">Overview</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-3.html">Building a Kiosk Environment</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 FVWM2</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Netscape Navigator</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Overlay Masks for Navigator</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 /root/kiosk.xinitrc</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 /root/xkiosk</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-4.html">Initializing the Kiosk</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 /etc/inittab modifications</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 /etc/rc.d/rc.4/S99xkiosk runlevel script</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 Booting normally from the console</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-5.html">Other Considerations</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 Screensavers</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 Sound Files</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 Trackballs</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 Designing or modifying HTML pages for kiosks</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-6.html">Future Directions</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Remote Kiosks</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 Touchscreens</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 Keyboards</A> <LI><A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 Collaboration</A> </UL> <HR> <A HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>