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Next Previous Contents Kiosk HOWTO Gene Wilburn, ITS Dept, Royal Ontario Museum <genew@rom.on.ca> v1.0, October 1999 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 Hands On Biodiversity Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 1. Introduction 1.1 Copyright, license and terms of usage 1.2 Acknowledgements 2. Overview 3. Building a Kiosk Environment 3.1 FVWM2 3.2 Netscape Navigator 3.3 Overlay Masks for Navigator 3.4 /root/kiosk.xinitrc 3.5 /root/xkiosk 4. Initializing the Kiosk 4.1 /etc/inittab modifications 4.2 /etc/rc.d/rc.4/S99xkiosk runlevel script 4.3 Booting normally from the console 5. Other Considerations 5.1 Screensavers 5.2 Sound Files 5.3 Trackballs 5.4 Designing or modifying HTML pages for kiosks 6. Future Directions 6.1 Remote Kiosks 6.2 Touchscreens 6.3 Keyboards 6.4 Collaboration Next Previous Contents

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