[K12OSN] LTSP Customization

[Petre Scheie]

Try logging in as your 'prototype' user (I called it 'default' below but prototype is 
perhaps a more accurate term), go to System/Preferences/Sessions, and turn on 
"Automatically save changes to session".  Then, open the folder manually and leave it 
open, and then logout.  Log back in with the same ID, and see if the folder is 
automatically opened for you.  If so, now go back to System/Preferences/Sessions and 
uncheck "Automatically save changes to session" to prevent further changes. Then follow 
the directions I mentioned below about copying those dot-files (.config, etc.) to /etc/skel.

Petre

Willis, Ben wrote:
> Just the folder to open giving the user the option to run the applications. This is basically an alternative to the menus in gnome, but they will be there as well.
> 
> Ben
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Petre Scheie
> Sent: Fri 3/2/2007 10:20 AM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] LTSP Customization
>  
> Do you want the icons--or more precisely the apps those icons call--to 
> launch automatically at login?  Or just that the folder opens and shows 
> the icons?
> 
> Petre
> 
> Willis, Ben wrote:
>> Would it be possible to create a folder, place a bunch of launcher icons in there and have it 'ran' at log in. I would need the folder and its icons to be launchable but be protected from deletion.
>>
>> Maybe a sym link would work?
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Petre Scheie
>> Sent: Thu 3/1/2007 10:06 PM
>> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] LTSP Customization
>>  
>> I don't know if there's any documentation on this per se, but what you 
>> can do is create a user ID, say, 'default', then login with that ID, 
>> make the changes you want to the desktop, panel, menus, etc. Then 
>> logout.  Login as yourself, su - to root, cd to /home/default, and copy 
>> the .config, .nautilus, .gconf, .gnome2, and .gconfd directories to 
>> /etc/skel/ (not all of these directories may exist, depending on what 
>> you've changed).  When new user IDs are created, they will get those 
>> directories in their respective $HOME directories and you'll get the 
>> desired effect.
>>
>> Petre
>>
>> Willis, Ben wrote:
>>> Can anyone point me to any documentation on modifying the desktop and links etc that are delivered to users the first time they log in? I want to add a "window" to mimic the Novel Application window and populate it with some links for the initial pilot of LTSP in our schools. This is with EduBuntu specifically.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Ben Willis 
>>>
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