Topic: Openkiosk Installation

[Bud]

Hi Guys
tar.gz File.
Please if you may be so kind as to tell me how to install Openkiosk on a SME 7.2 Server. It is a " tar.gz " File

http://openkiosk.sourceforge.net/


 

[imcintyre]

Is this a suitable application for SME server? I had a look , found this http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Environment/Tools/OpenKiosk-1796.shtml

with this comment

Requirements:

· Qt 3.x
· Berkeley DB

[cactus]

Is this a suitable application for SME server? I had a look , found this http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Environment/Tools/OpenKiosk-1796.shtml

with this comment

Requirements:

· Qt 3.x
· Berkeley DB

If there was already a howto we would point you to it, but do not expect some one to just stand up and generate you a howto based on (the information in) your post here.

On top of that I believe Qt3 (which is already outdated by Qt4) requires X windows which is not available on SME Server and also not provided as it is not needed to keep SME Server running, the less bits and bolts the less hard it is to keep its stable and secure...

[Bud]

Thanks for the reply Guys.

Is there any other " Internet Cafe " system that I can look at that WILL work on SME 7.2

Any help gratly appreciated.

[Stefano]

Thanks for the reply Guys.

Is there any other " Internet Cafe " system that I can look at that WILL work on SME 7.2

Any help gratly appreciated.

do you mean something users can use to browse internet?

No...

HTH

Ciao

Stefano

[imcintyre]

No, sorry can't help although openkiosk looks interesting. This post from 2002 gives a list  and  places where to look. Once you find one, look for documents on requirements to run (database requirements, etc). Post if you come up with anything

 http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=15365.0

[Bud]

What I am looking for is a Billing System to Control how long User(s) can Browse the Web etc. that wil be able to run on SME 7.2 

[cactus]

What I am looking for is a Billing System to Control how long User(s) can Browse the Web etc. that wil be able to run on SME 7.2 

AFAIK OpenKiosk is not such an application as it seems more like a terminal server computing solution, like citrix or something like that. Perhaps googling on "internet cafe" would help you as I did for 1 minute and found references to this for instance: http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=internet+cafe&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

[imcintyre]

Bud;

I woke up this morning remembering this topic from some time ago.

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=38501.0

hopefully there is something in this.