LTSP 5.2.1 kiosk not working

[SClause]

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

[Tuomo Kallio-Kokko (tuomo-kalliokokko)]

ltsp-client-core package in lucid seem to be missing files.
kioskSession script from /usr/share/ltsp/ is missing, It is used in /usr/share/ltsp/screen.d/kiosk
to workaround this, download the file from upstream (link below), copy it to chroot and it should be working.

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/ltsp-trunk/annotate/head%3A/client/kioskSession

[Alex Zimmerman (azimmerman)]

I still cannot seem to get this to work...

Where are you suggesting I copy kioskSession?

/usr/share/ltsp/screen.d/kiosk ?

if so I still cannot seem to get it to start the kiosk.

Thanks

[Tuomo Kallio-Kokko (tuomo-kalliokokko)]

You have to copy kioskSession-file to /usr/share/ltsp/ in your kiosk-root.
Also i forgot to mention that you have to give execute-permissions to that kioskSession -script.
sudo chmod +x kioskSession will do that.

Also i had problems with XCONF-parameter which is set by /usr/share/ltsp/screen-session.d/XS90-assembleXorgConf.
Because xinit is executed by ltspkiosk -user and not by root, it doesn't give permission to set xorg.conf.
i did workaround this by creating /usr/share/ltsp/screen-session.d/XS90-disassembleXorgConf and writing in there "unset XCONF X_CONF"

[Vsgehlot7 (vsgehlot7)]

noting is working after doing all this configuration .......client is not booting with firefox or kiosk mode instead it is booting in ubuntu login page ......what i can do ...tell me the exact way so that i can do that easily....
it is urgent basis....

os m using ubuntu 10.04
and ltsp-server i installed in kiosk mode

thanks in advance

[Tuomo Kallio-Kokko (tuomo-kalliokokko)]

if you are getting login screen then you have to add SCREEN_07 = kiosk to lts.conf

[Robuntu (stiebel)]

I run into the same issue.

Ubuntu 10.10, ltsp-build-image --chroot kiosk --kiosk

I "installed" the kioskSession to /opt/ltsp/kiosk/usr/share/ltsp/
I added the SCREEN_07 = kiosk to lts.conf
I did a ltsp-update-image -a kiosk

I still get a login-screen.

What else can we do?

[Dro (thunsucker)]

I ran into the same issue.

Setup: Ubuntu 10.04, fat clients running the kiosk screen script.

Steps to fix:
1. logged into the server
2. cd /opt/ltsp/kiosk/usr/share/ltsp/
3. wget http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream/ltsp/ltsp-trunk/download/head:/kiosksession-20100126175421-j3qe71nsxfopg3p6-1/kioskSession
4. sudo chmod +x kioskSession
5. cd /usr/share/ltsp/screen-session.d/
6. created this file: XS90-disassembleXorgConf
7. contents of file: unset XCONF X_CONF
8. sudo chmod +x XS90-disassembleXorgConf
9. sudo ltsp-update-image

*just don't forget to add a user to the chroot: ltspkiosk

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

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