[Bug 572974] Re: LTSP 5.2.1 kiosk not working

[Stéphane Graber]

Marking as fix released as 5.2.5-0ubuntu1 (natty) now includes
client/kioskSession.

** Changed in: ltsp (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  LTSP 5.2.1 kiosk not working

Status in “ltsp” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  This bug occurs in LTSP server package "ltsp-
  server_5.2.1-0ubuntu9_all".

  I tried to build a client image with "ltsp-build-client --kiosk".
  It finished with no error. Starting of the client was possible.

  Problem: After booting the client there appears the login screen.
  Autologin of kiosk user does not work.

  I searched for the problem in the package and that's what I found:
  According to file /usr/share/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client/Ubuntu/030-kiosk
  1) The user is not longer named "kiosk" but "ltspkiosk" instead
  2) GDM is not installed in the kiosk-script
  3) The lines for setting up autologin are missing.
  In older packages there was something like this:

              # create a custom configuration for gdm
              cp $ROOT/etc/gdm/gdm.conf $ROOT/etc/gdm/gdm-kiosk.conf
              
              # do some sed magic to enable autologin
              sed -i s/AutomaticLoginEnable=false/AutomaticLoginEnable=true/ $ROOT/etc/gdm/gdm-kiosk.conf
              sed -i s/AutomaticLogin=/AutomaticLogin=kiosk/ $ROOT/etc/gdm/gdm-kiosk.conf
              sed -i s/TimedLoginEnable=false/TimedLoginEnable=true/ $ROOT/etc/gdm/gdm-kiosk.conf
              sed -i s/TimedLogin=/TimedLogin=kiosk/ $ROOT/etc/gdm/gdm-kiosk.conf
              sed -i s/TimedLoginDelay=30/TimedLoginDelay=5/ $ROOT/etc/gdm/gdm-kiosk.conf

              # set the new alternative we created as default config
              chroot $ROOT update-alternatives --install /etc/gdm/gdm-cdd.conf gdm-config-derivative /etc/gdm/gdm-kiosk.conf 55

  4) The user ltspkiosk has no home-directory anymore
  5) There is a comment in the 030-kiosk file describing to add "SCREEN_07=kiosk" to lts.conf file. This is not working as the X-server is crashing everytime.

  At the login screen it is not possible to login with the "ltspkiosk"
  user. Instead it is possible to login with the server user but only a
  xterm appears.

  Greetings
  SClause

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