howto boot with a single gui app as the desktop ?

[Tim]

On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 12:27 +1100, David Timms wrote:
> I would like to configure an fc6 system so that it:
> - logs on without user interaction

"timed login" was the term used on older versions, perhaps it's still
applicable.

> - runs only one application {vnc viewer - which asks for the name of a 
> machine to connect to}

"sessions" options allowed you to configure what is automatically
started up.

> - if the viewer is exited, then vnc viewer should restart, waiting for a 
> machine to connect to.
> - has a way to exit the viewer.

The above two seem mutually exclusive.  I imagine some sort of process
watchdog could check for a terminated VNC process and restart it.
Though you'd have to be careful of looping around restarting a crashed
process with faults.

> Any pointers to information in this area would be very welcome ;)

"kiosk mode"

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