Porteus

Doesn't look like we can get X running on either HP model with Porteus Desktop 3.1rc1. It turns out that it took quite a bit of work to get the previous desktop version working on these HP thin clients. FWIW - here is the X log from the old desktop version running on the T5545 client: http://pastebi...

I'll try to get more up to date info today.

We do require a browser. The app is primarily browser-based. We just tack on python, a couple of shell commands (curl, for one) and a couple of daemons and Kiosk is perfect (and way smaller than desktop).

psinfo:
http://pastebin.com/HQYkY4yX

We are currently using a customized Porteus Desktop distro. Kiosk would be a better, lighter weight solution for our setup.

Thanks for taking a look.

I am hoping to roll out Porteus Kiosk on about 100 HP thin clients over 3 locations. The client models are mixed. Porteus-Kiosk boots just fine on the HP T510s with the VIA N3410 (using the vesa driver). But, X hangs on startup on HP T5545s with the VIA VX800. startx kicks off and then just spins. /...