An idea! was...Re: [K12OSN] opening too many programs blanks screen K12LTSP

[David Trask]

How could one write a script that could then become a launcher or menu
item that would poll the system to see if that program was already running
under the logged on user....if not....then launch the program....if
yes....then abort.  This might make it easier to keep kids from going
"click happy" and opening multiple instances of a program.  Any ideas?


"Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
writes:
>something changed on my K12LTSP where if a student gets impatient waiting
>for a program to open and double-clicks childsplay or tuxtype too many
>times, the screen just turns black; you have a mouse that moves around
>but nothing else but a black screen. This just recently happened. Its a
>nightmare because the kids click way too many times and then it crashes
>and the only way to fix it is to turn the thin client off and turn it
>back on. Any ideas what happened?
>
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David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100