Fullscreen FPC/LAZ app without X session
lazarus / 1-Linux

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qdos · 2014-10-09 05:41

I need to make a kiosk-system type menu in FPC.
At first I thought I had to use SDL or some other library - but
someone said I could write normal windowing programs and execute them
without the desktop (i.e, they run fullscreen).

Is there some magic trick or param i need for this?
I want linux to start as normal, but stop before the desktop is
loaded/initialized. And instead run my application.

In using Ubuntu 14.x (can change distro if that helps)

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zeljko · 2014-10-09 06:15

google about directfb

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irfanbagus · 2014-10-09 06:48

just clue. ".xinitrc" and "startx"

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mse · 2014-10-09 12:42

MSEgui and fpGUI support this even without an external widget library,
X11 and xlib are enough. Example:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/MSEide_&_MSEgui#An_embedded_system
There are more kiosk-type applications made with MSEgui. Julio for
example made one for catering and touch screens. This product:
http://www.acosys.co.id/screenshot
has been made with MSEgui too.

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snorkel · 2014-11-07 17:24

Doesn't KDE have a kiosk mode?

Also you can run a Lazarus app full screen without any borders etc so
the user cannot exit out and if you are using a touch screen they
won't be able to do alt-tab or other key combos to get out of full
screen mode.