Open browser at boot in latest jessie image.

[pema]

Hej.
Can someone please guide me how to boot to web browser, preferably epiphany, in latest Jessie image ? I kindly request you verify suggested method before posting. I confirm I followed correct syntax, not even leafpad can be started. Below is a list of a few things I've tried. My backup plan would be to get a old Jessie image from mid 2015 that probably works, where can old images be found ?

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[pema]

I probably should inform Ive tried both Jessie lxde, openbox and matchbox. Jessie images tried is versions 2016 February.

[fruitoftheloom]

Kweb has kiosk mode: viewtopic.php?t=40860

[stderr]

I probably should inform Ive tried both Jessie lxde, openbox and matchbox. Jessie images tried is versions 2016 February.

And starting X apps at start up of X is impossible under those desktops? I think that is unlikely because most desktops have a means of starting up applications when the desktop is started.

[gkreidl]

It can be easily done using xinit and a small script which starts a window manager (openbox or matchbox) and the application, e. g.

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#!/bin/sh
openbox --config-file ~/.config/openbox/LXDE-rc.xml --startup epiphany-browser

Save this as "kiosk" (for example) in the root of your user directory and make it executable. Start it from the command line with

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xinit ./kiosk

Booting into it is a bit more difficult than on wheezy. I still use rc.local, but have to insert a "sleep 10" (or more) command, because rc.local is started too early in the boot process by systemd. Add something like this to rc.local (just before "exit 0")

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sleep 10
su -l pi -c "xinit ./kiosk"

There may be better ways but I haven't studied systemd yet.

[pema]

Dear Gunther. I have tried your kiosk browser and can not get it to work. Im personally convinced this worked very well in older versions of Jessie but something was improved and nothing that used to work is not working in recent versions. I will now remove the raspberry as this is a dead end.

[gkreidl]

Dear Gunther. I have tried your kiosk browser and can not get it to work. Im personally convinced this worked very well in older versions of Jessie but something was improved and nothing that used to work is not working in recent versions. I will now remove the raspberry as this is a dead end.

This is working very well for me on latest Raspbian Jessie and for tens of thousands of other users. Most of them won't boot into a browser environment, though, but I do, as I'm using it as a desktop replacement.
I'm not sure, where your problems are, but you should always do something like this in single steps.
First create a "kiosk" file and try to start it with
xinit ./kiosk
after booting to the command line.
If that works, you can add it to rc.local, trying different values for the sleep command.
I have been using such a solution for more than 3 years now and it has survived the upgrade to Jessie by adding the sleep command. And I know from my support work that lots of developers of embedded applications are using it in a similar way.

If you need help, we need a description of what you have been doing and of what is going wrong. "I can not get it to work" doesn't tell me anything.

[rogerggbr]

New owner here - trying to achieve the same thing. I understand that chromium is no longer
supported but I have got kweb to work.
Exactly as advised by gkreidl, I put a small script in my home folder, called by adding it to the autostart file (/home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi by default):-

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echo "Kiosk Running"
@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
# @xscreensaver -no-splash // commented out
xset -dpms
xset s off
@./kiosk

The contents of kiosk are:-

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#!/bin/sh
export DISPLAY=:0.0
kweb -JKAEr https://web site address & > /dev/null
while true; do
sleep 5m
WID=$(xdotool search --onlyvisible --class kweb)
xdotool windowactivate $WID key alt+r
done

Hope this helps someone else with the latest version.

[Reini1000]

how on earth can i autostart the Kweb Browser automatically without entering the Desktop? So that the user will only see the Webpage.

I have tried all methods which are described here, also I have read the Kweb manuals, but nothing works!

I'm using the latest Jessie Image 3rd March 2016.

Please help me !!!!

[gkreidl]

how on earth can i autostart the Kweb Browser automatically without entering the Desktop? So that the user will only see the Webpage.

I have tried all methods which are described here, also I have read the Kweb manuals, but nothing works!

I'm using the latest Jessie Image 3rd March 2016.

Please help me !!!!

First step: create a kiosk file in your home directory (You'll find examples in the kweb manual) and make it executable.
Set your RPI to boot to the command line (without asking for a password) .
Run xinit ./kiosk
(if kiosk is the name of your kiosk file) from the command line. If this works, add to /etc/rc.local (before the last line):
sleep 10
su -l pi -c "xinit ./kiosk"
Eventually you have to use a higher value for sleep.

[Reini1000]

Hi, thank you !
the Script example from Kweb Manual works fine but only if I execute it with

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sudo xinit ./kiosk

it doesn't start automatically. I have change the raspi-config -> boot options-> console autologin
is that right ?

my /etc/rc.local file looks like:

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#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

# Print the IP address
_IP=$(hostname -I) || true
if [ "$_IP" ]; then
  printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP"
fi
sleep 15
su -l pi -c "xinit ./kiosk"
exit 0

[gkreidl]

Why sudo? You should never run it as root!
The kiosk file path must be:
/home/pi/kiosk

[Reini1000]

okay it start also manually without sudo
but not automatically.

The file kiosk was produced by using
sudo nano /home/pi/kiosk
by using
sudo chmod +x kiosk
executable made.

Where is my mistake ?

[gkreidl]

sudo chown pi:pi /home/pi/kiosk
chmod a+x /home/pi/kiosk
(should not be owned by root)
Try
sleep 20
in rc.local

[Reini1000]

Sorry not succesful, always end up in the command line doning nothing.

[gkreidl]

Sorry not succesful, always end up in the command line doning nothing.

Strange, all my PRis boot this way ...
Put an
echo "some text"
into rc.local and check if the message appears during boot.

[Reini1000]

I have tried it. The Text comes while booting.

Also it seems that the RPi tries to start the Kiosk script and is failing with the message

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X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.

seems that it tries to start the kiosk sricpt before login in with the pi user.

[gkreidl]

Try using a long delay (just for testing)
sleep 60

As I already said, I boot all my RPis this way. It worked on Wheezy and all I had to do on Jessie was to add the delay (I also run a start script before starting XORG which mounts network drives etc.).

There may be better ways using systemd, but I haven't studied that yet.

[Reini1000]

I added i higher delay, that didin't work.
The rpi always try to start the xinit ./kiosk script before It is logged in.
Is there a other possiblity to autostart scripts ?

[RaTTuS]

having booted
can you get into x from the command line
if so how do you do it [exactly what do you type]

[gkreidl]

You could also try the following:
su -l pi -c "xinit ./kiosk -- vt01"

[Reini1000]

When the Pi has booted to the console like this

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $

(not to desktop!)

i type:

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xinit ./kiosk

then the example script from the Kweb manual is running and opening the webpage.

[RaTTuS]

at the end of .basrc
put
xinit ./kiosk

or more cleverly

if [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then
xinit ./kiosk
fi

so it will only do it if logged on via terminal 1

[Reini1000]

You could also try the following:
su -l pi -c "xinit ./kiosk -- vt01"

sorry, also not working... same problem with user rights.

[Reini1000]

at the end of .basrc
put
xinit ./kiosk

or more cleverly

if [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then
xinit ./kiosk
fi

so it will only do it if logged on via terminal 1

sorry were is the file located ?

what do if have to type?

sudo nano .....<filepath> ?