I'm trying to customize Porteus-Kiosk for my grandmother's PC to have a Skype-only machine. She can't really use any OS UI, like double-clicking the Skype logo in Windows was too complicated for her. So I've decided to solve this.
My main goal was to make something that shows Skype fullscreen after pressing the power button without any user interaction. I've already made a working version with setting the Skype Web App (web.skype.com) as homepage using Chrome in the Porteus-Kiosk setup process (and hiding the navbar, increasing mouse size, etc.), but it's having a hard time recognizing the webcam and the correct audio output every time. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. So I thought it would be a good idea to try to make a custom ISO that implements Skype for Linux.
(For the browser version these were my config settings: https://pastebin.com/eZ6eLEPJ)
I tried to follow this (https://porteus-kiosk.org/kiosk-customization.html) guide, and gathered a module using:
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sudo getmod -u
sudo getmod -m skypeforlinuxAlthough the PC did boot from the USB stick, it gave me an error, that said "Cannot read [skype_filename].xzm. Corrupted module?"
And I'm stuck here. I have no clue what to do
. I've already tried to do the process with my previous browser-based ISO (instead of the installation ISO), but had the same result. I've tried it with Viber (using sudo getmod -m viber), but the process failed at the same exact point.Could you please help me with this? Where did my process go wrong? Or if you have (/can easily make) a working ISO with Skype or Viber, could you please share it with me?
Thanks in advance!
(PS: Furthermore currently I have no clue how am I going to launch Skype instead of the browser. Maybe with deleting the chrome xzm before making the ISO? And if you'd like to take a look at my working Web Skype version ISO and my not working native Skype ISO, you can do that here: https://mega.nz/folder/LfJjBA7B#y_Y7UYHH2jAZriqxVq5KEw)
