Boot into a web browser

[andymiller]

I have a synology cctv NVR running.

My aim for my pi2 is to have it boot up and open straight onto the cctv webpage for viewing.

What is the easiest way to achieve this and with what OS?

[topguy]

How I would do it...
- Install raspbian
- Configure to boot automatically into X-windows (LXDE-desktop)
- In /etc/rc.local i would launch another script in the background.
Something like: su pi -c "/home/pi/weblaunch.sh &"
- The code in the weblauch.sh script would be something like...

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#!/bin/bash

#set which x-windows display to use
export DISPLAY=:0.0

#pause for a while so X-windows can start.
sleep 25

#start the browser.
/usr/bin/epiphany 

This is of course completely untested, and you can find other threads about similar topics in the forum, just search for "rc.local"

[gkreidl]

This is a crappy solution (if it works at all).

Either use autostart after booting into the desktop or boot into a windows manager and then start the browser using xinit and small script (the desktop might be superfluous for such applications).

You'll find more details in my Minimal Kiosk Browser Manual, page 27 ff.