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Chrome Kiosk launch script for Raspberry Pi
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Stop the Raspberry Pi’s display power management system from kicking in and blanking out the screen. | |
xset s noblank | |
xset s off | |
xset -dpms | |
# hide the cursor | |
unclutter -idle 0.5 -root & | |
# Use sed to clear out flags from Chromium preferences file that would make the warning bar appear | |
sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/' /home/pi/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences | |
sed -i 's/"exit_type":"Crashed"/"exit_type":"Normal"/' /home/pi/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences | |
# Finally, let's launch the browser | |
/usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-infobars --kiosk https://yoururl.com & | |
# Uncomment to add a screen refresh. | |
# while true; do | |
# xdotool keydown ctrl+Tab; xdotool keyup ctrl+Tab; | |
# sleep 10 | |
# done |
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