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Re: Startup / launcher / no-logging / no-keyboard

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On Tue, 18 Jun 2013, Absalom K. wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to make a small retro-gaming station for my children with
> a Raspberry Pi. I would be happy to get some ideas concerning the
> following issues:
>
DOn't forget there is comp.sys.raspberry-pi that should be covering this.
Yes, your questions aren't really pi specific, but some of the first 
whining in the new newsgroup was about running without a keyboard.

    Michael

>  a) auto-loggin, no username, no password;
>     is it possible to directly access the shell without the logging step?
>  b) the startup script should launch a menu (either some dialog/ncurses
>     or some framebuffer environment, rather no X) for selecting games (with
>     of course a "return to the shell" option) ;
>  c) I would like the menu to be fully driven from a joystick; I have never
>     used a joystick before (as a programmer); is it easy to handle such
>     a device from python (for instance)?
>
> It's OK if I need to code a little for building a menu, but I am pretty
> sure this kind of things already exist. Regards,
>
> fu2 comp.os.linux.misc
>

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Startup / launcher / no-logging / no-keyboard "Absalom K." <absalom@emet.tnk> - 2013-06-18 08:36 +0000
  Re: Startup / launcher / no-logging / no-keyboard Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2013-06-18 15:06 +0200
    Re: Startup / launcher / no-logging / no-keyboard The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-18 14:54 +0100
  Re: Startup / launcher / no-logging / no-keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-06-18 12:17 -0400

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