Porteus

Hello tsbc, "I'm starting to think that it has something to do with the Thinkpad E14 being the new 4000 Series Ryzen 5 chipset, and that I'll need assistance with a paid custom build." I believe that you will need a custom build with newer kernel to get this hardware to work with kiosk. Please conta...

Hello DowntownBike,

Are your sure this PC meets Windows 10 hardware requirements?
I think EFI firmware is required for Windows to work. Do you have it on your PC or only BIOS?

You may better as Microsoft support as i have no clue how to instrall this system (do not use it).


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Hello smedebol, You could use virtual keyboard to mitigate some keyloggers: https://askleo.com/will_using_an_on_screen_keyboard_stop_keyboard_loggers_and_hackers/ Another techniques would be to setup 2-Step Verification for your online services, etc: https://enterprise.comodo.com/how-to-prevent-keyl...

Hello Dirk,

You could use this parameter to remove Chrome's extension blocklist policy from the kiosk: Thanks

Hello bbowlsbey,

Kiosk should download files from https websites without problems, unless there is some weird redirection which 'wget' utility cants handle.

Please provide an URL to your wallpaper and i'll investigate this.

Thank you.

Dirk, 1) You cannot double parameters in the kiosk config as only first one will be processed. 2) You need to point browser preferences parameter to a remote file which contain your policies 3) I'm not sure if this policy is valid: browser_preferences="ExtensionInstallWhitelist": true, browser_prefe...

neko, it boots really fast! (at least to text mode) Too bad that uvesafb driver is not compiled: # CONFIG_FB_UVESA is not set I cant test your ISO in VirtualBox as Xorg crashes. Hmmm ..... I have booted with 'vga=791' kernel parameter and framebuffer is initialized now. Still cant start the Xorg tho...

Hello neko,

As far as i remember overlayfs did not allow to insert new branches (modules) to the live filesystem.
Meaning that you could not activate new modules during the Porteus session.

Did anything change in this matter or its still the same?


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Hi guys, Ed_P asked for a mod status from me since since - as he claims - i'm the only active admin on the forum (brokenman/Hamza have not been seen for some time now). He wants to be able to enter the 'VIP area', manage the forum, etc. I'm not involved in Porteus Desktop anymore so dont want to dec...

Hello chronowerx,

1) Please post in the kiosk section of the forum only.

2) You cant double parameters in the kiosk config. Please use just this one and remove other 'run_command=' parameters: Thanks

Hello chronowerx,

Please use variant "Cloud" which has bottom panel (with clock) enabled by default or query kiosk custom builds service to add just the clock to the standard kiosk ISO (as always visible object).

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Sorry - fixed my previous post.
This is 'run_command=' parameter.

I believe donations still work. Just the webpage is not updated with the donors name.

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Well - if you insist, you could use this parameter: run_command=sed -i 's/, #contentAreaContextMenu//' $profile/chrome/userChrome.css it will unblock right mouse click on the webpages in Firefox. "is this the correct way to donate to the Porteus project?" Technically speaking Porteus Desktop is sepa...

Hello 4fMZjFg, This is intended as right mouse click on the webpages is not needed. It actually gives an access to the options (like 'save page as') which would be not welcomed in the kiosk. a) to copy text you mark it first with left mouse click then press Ctrl+c/Ctrl+v on the keyboard. b) to open ...

Hello mrk, Are you using remote config? If yes then please install standard kiosk (without any manual customization performed by you) and check if SSH works ok. a) if SSH works then your customization is to blame (hard to say what gets broken, probably permissions/ownership of files) b) if SSH does ...