LTSP Kiosk
Introduction

Basic Setup
Server-side Changes
Client-side Changes
Adding New Clients

Additional Features
Locking FireFox
PDF Support
Background Image
Printing

Advanced Issues
Securing Connection
Client Firewall
Detect Kiosk Idle
Booting Clients Remotely

Tailored Tools

Setting Background Image

This page explains how to set the client's background image using xli.

  1. Get xli sources. I got mine from http://www.x.org/contrib/applications/. Usually the binary packages of your distribution are dynamically linked, but for maximal simplicity I wanted to link the libraries into the binary.
  2. I had to add my X11 library path to Makefile.std (at row 7):
     
    OPTIONALFLAGS=-L /usr/X11R6/lib/
  3. I also made a symlink Makefile to point to Makefile.std
     
    ln -s Makefile.std Makefile
  4. Finally add to your initrc something like this:
     
    ./xli -onroot -fillscreen /usr/local/client_background.jpeg

Updated: 13-MAR-2004