Instructions for installing a fresh image of Raspbian and turning the Pi into a kiosk (for google slides, google photos, etc)

Raspberry Pi Kiosk Setup.md

Raspberry Pi Kiosk Setup

• Install a fresh image of Raspbian and boot the Pi
  • Follow the installation guide if needed
• Go through the prompts to finish initial setup
• Open a Termial window
  • Type sudo apt-get install unclutter
  • Type sudo raspi-config
    • Select Boot Options with Enter
      • Select Wait for Network at Boot with Enter
      • Select Yes with Enter
      • Press Enter again
    • Press Enter again
    • Press Esc
  • Type sudo nano /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
    • In this file:
      • Comment this line by putting a # in front of it to disable the screen saver
        • @xscreensaver -no-splash
      • Disable power saving of the attached monitor
        • @xset s off -dpms
      • Remove the mouse cursor from the screen
        • @unclutter -idle 0
      • Start Chromium in full screen at the desired URL
        • @chromium-browser --kiosk --incognito http://site-to-launch.com
          • The --kiosk flag starts Chromium in full screen
          • The --incognito flag hides any message about Chromium not cleanly exiting/crashing
      • Save the file
        • Press Ctrl+X
        • Press Y
        • Press Enter
  • Type sudo nano /boot/config.txt
    • In this file:
      • Uncomment this line by removing the # in front of it to disable screen overscan
        • disable_overscan=1
      • Add this line to increase GPU memory
        • gpu_mem=128
      • Save the file
        • Press Ctrl+X
        • Press Y
        • Press Enter
  • Type crontab -e
    • Pick Nano as the editor if prompted
    • In this file:
      • Add this line to reboot the Pi every day at 12 am via a Cron
        • 0 0 * * * sudo reboot
      • Save the file
        • Press Ctrl+X
        • Press Y
        • Press Enter
  • Type sudo reboot
    • The Pi will reboot
• On reboot, Chromium should open the specified URL in full screen mode and the Pi will automatically reboot according to the schedule set above
  • Exit to the Raspbian desktop with Alt+F4

Nice guide, wish this would've existed earlier, as I had to find everything manually.

Does Incognito hide the message about not cleanly exiting/crashing? If so, I should probably change my setup so that I don't edit the chromium config file but just open incognito.

@eionsimonelli thanks for the help!

@derRAV3N Yes, that is what the --incognito flag does. I updated the document to include that.

Awesome project dude!

I suggest you check out FullPageOS distro, which does it for you and allows you to set the URL and wifi details in a simple text files on the microSD card.
FullPageOS is also configurable in a way that allows you to create distro variants with your own custom boot commands.