[ILUG] System to boot, and display a web page

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008, Denis Croombs wrote:

> I am looking to build a very simple system to boot (any type of device can
> be used) and with no user login just display a web page which updated every
> 15 to 30 seconds.
> This can use any Linux dist as long as the requirements are met.

0. Install any linux distro you feel at home with.

1. Create an account called something like "kiosk".

2. In the "kiosk" home directory, create a file called .xsession  with these
   three lines:

#!/bin/sh

firefox http://www.where.ver

3. Set up the display manager (login screen) to autologin to the account
   kiosk.

Get the above page to have a meta refresh tag in it so that the browser
refreshes it every 30 seconds.

Gavin