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\title[Impressive Display]{Impressive Display HowTo (v0.3.2)}
\institute[Debian Edu]{Debian Edu Dev Team}
\author[Debian Edu \\ Dev Team]{Mike Gabriel \\ Daniel Teichmann \\ and others}
\date{Dec 2016}
\begin{document}
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\section[About]{About Impressive Display}
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\frametitle{About Impressive Display}
\framesubtitle{What can I use Impressive Display for?}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Setup PDF presentation Screens at School, University \& your Office}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->An \textbf{Impressive Display} can \textbf{show information} provided as PDF \textbf{to people passing by}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->At schools for example, it can be used to display \textbf{substitute teacher schedules} to students and teachers
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->At theaters or other venues, you can provide \textbf{information screens} about what's going on at your location
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Use it to \textbf{present slide shows, photo collections, etc.} at a Linux Day presentation booth
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Impressive Display has been \textbf{designed for automatic display} of PDF based information
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\frametitle{About Impressive Display}
\framesubtitle{How can I extend Impresive Display?}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Combine Impressive Display with other FLOSS Components}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Combine Impressive Display \textbf{with a display manager} (such as NoDM or LightDM) \textbf{that allows passwordless user login}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Combine it with a \textbf{PXE booted diskless system} such as LTSP for \textbf{deploying a farm of info displays} at your location
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Combine with Xephyr (a \textbf{nested Xserver}) \textbf{while testing / preparing your setup}
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\frametitle{About Impressive Display}
\framesubtitle{How does it work?}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Impressive Display runs as an X11 session manager}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Impressive Display} registers itself as an available \textbf{X session manager}. Make it the default (or the only session manager installed)
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Feed it with a presentation-like PDF file. The \textbf{PDF} can be obtained \textbf{from} the \textbf{local file system or} from a \textbf{webserver}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Impressive Display supports \textbf{host-specific configuration parameters}; you can run \textbf{various displays} presenting different PDF content \textbf{based on the same configuration} set
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\section[Installation]{Installation}
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\frametitle{Installation\,\ldots}
\framesubtitle{\ldots\,on a standalone Debian-like system.}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Installation: Debian GNU/Linux (and alike)}
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\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Install a minimal} Debian (or derivative) \textbf{system without X11} / Graphical Login Manager
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Install Impressive Display and NoDM: \\ \small \texttt{apt-get install impressive-display nodm}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Edit \texttt{/etc/default/nodm}}, set \texttt{NODM\_ENABLED=true} and \texttt{NODM\_USER=impressive-display}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Check that \texttt{impressive-display} is the default X session manager}: \\ \small \texttt{update-alternatives \hbox{-}\hbox{-}config x-session-manager}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Start NoDM}: \small \texttt{sudo invoke-rc.d nodm start}
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\frametitle{Installation\,\ldots}
\framesubtitle{\ldots\,on a standalone RPM-based system.}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Installation on Fedora, openSUSE or similar}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->The \textbf{Impressive Display} tool \textbf{has not been packaged for the RPM world}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Please} contact distribution maintainers and \textbf{request packaging}
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\frametitle{Installation\,\ldots}
\framesubtitle{\ldots\,in an LTSP chroot.}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Install LTSP based info screen farm running Impressive Display}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Create a \textbf{minimal LTSP chroot}, uninstall or \textbf{disable the LTSP Display Manager} (aka LDM)
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Make} the LTSP \textbf{chroot bootable over PXE}: the system should boot into a text-based logon screen
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->All LTSP \textbf{client systems must have a dedicated hostname} after PXE boot
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Apply \textbf{installation steps for standalone hosts to} the LTSP \textbf{chroot}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Set host-specific parameters} like PDF download URI, display resolution, etc. via the \texttt{\$\{DISPLAYS[@]\}} associative array, \textbf{for examples see:} \\ \small \texttt{/etc/default/impressive-display}
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\section[Configuration]{Configuration}
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\frametitle{Configuration\,\ldots}
\framesubtitle{\ldots system-wide}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Configure Impressive Display -- system-wide}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->The \textbf{system-wide configuration} of Impressive Display is done \textbf{in \texttt{/etc/default/impressive-display}}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->You can \textbf{adapt various parameters}:
\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Basic options}:Pulseaudio support, uncluttering of the pointer device, screensaver options, slide transition options, etc.
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Default parameters}: PDF download URI, display resolution
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Display specific}: PDF download URI, display resolution, based on the display system's hostname
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Rush hours} (phases of frequent PDF content changes), \textbf{sleep hours} (phases of no PDF content updates)
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\frametitle{Configuration\,\ldots}
\framesubtitle{\ldots on a per-user basis}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Configure Impressive Display -- on a per-user basis}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->The \textbf{per-user configuration} of Impressive Display is done \textbf{in \texttt{\$HOME/.impressive-display/config}}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->All \textbf{system-wide parameters can be overriden by the user}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->For PDF URIs that require \textbf{authentication before PDF content retrieval}, put \textbf{credentials into}: \\ \small \texttt{\$HOME/.impressive-display/secrets/default.secrets}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Credentials} can also be \textbf{specified per info screen}: \\ \small \texttt{\$HOME/.impressive-display/secrets/<hostname>.secrets}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->The \textbf{\texttt{*.secrets} files use the \texttt{.netrc} file format} (see \texttt{man 5 netrc})
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\section[Testing]{Testing your Setup}
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\frametitle{Testing Impressive Display\,\ldots}
\framesubtitle{\ldots using a nested Xserver}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Testing your Setup}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Install Impressive Display} locally \textbf{on your PC or notebook}; you can launch Impressive Display under your normal user account
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->\textbf{Use FAKE\_HOSTNAME variable to simulate a specifc display host} when testing infoscreen farm setups
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Do a \textbf{graphical login with your normal user} account; when logged in, open two Terminal windows
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Terminal 1: \textbf{Launch} a nested Xserver (like \textbf{Xephyr}): \\ \small \texttt{Xephyr -screen 1024x768 -ac :1}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Terminal 2, also under your normal user account: \\ \small \texttt{export DISPLAY=:1 \\ FAKE\_HOSTNAME=<display-host> impressive-display}
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\section[Authors]{Authors and Contributors}
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\frametitle{Authors, Contributors \& Sponsors}
\begin{beamerboxesrounded}[shadow=true]{Authors \& Contributors}
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\begin{itemize}
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Authors (and copyright holders): \\ \ \ \ \ Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> \\ \ \ \ \ Daniel Teichmann <daniel.letsplay007@gmail.com>
% \item<alert@+| uncover@+->Other contributors: \\ none, so far\,\ldots
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Development sponsored by: \\ \ \ \ \ Katharineum zu Lübeck (Germany) \\ \ \ \ \ Fritz-Reuter-Schule Eckernförde (Germany) \\ \ \ \ \ Ernst-Barlach-Gymnasium Kiel (Germany)
\item<alert@+| uncover@+->Upstream code: \\ \ \ \ \ \scriptsize \url{https://code.it-zukunft-schule.de/cgit/impressive-display/}
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