[olug] Any X11 experts out there?

[Mike Peterson]

Something that sounds similar to Items 1, 2, and 3 is
http://webconverger.org/ or http://cl33n.com/
 

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Daniel Pfile
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:46 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: [olug] Any X11 experts out there?

I'm looking into the feasibility of a kiosk-like project. One component
needs to do something like the following:

1: Launch a program to lock the screen with something like a virtual
root window like xlock/xscreensaver.
2: Run an x11 application inside that virtual root window, no wm needed.
3: Accept mouse and keyboard input to the x11 app (xscreensaver can't do
this by design).
4: When the app exits, end the virtual root window and return the user
to the desktop.

In other words, launch an app from within a normal x11 session and don't
let the user do anything else/use any other app until the app exits.

Does anybody have any ideas on how/if this has been done before? Do I
need to just give up and start reading xlib documentation?

Thanks,

-- Daniel

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