Raspberry Pi Kiosk

Raspberry Pi Setup

Modified procedure at Raspberry Pi Kiosk using Chromium.

Follow default setup of the RPi, including updates.

Make sure sed is installed, and install unclutter

 sudo apt-get install unclutter sed

Enable auto-login at

 sudo raspi-config

Create a bash script at /home/pi/kiosk.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 xset s noblank
 xset s off
 xset -dpms

 unclutter -idle 0.5 -root &

 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

 /usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-infobars --kiosk https://www.bio.fsu.edu/grad/kiosk/unit1.html

Create a systemdaemon service file kiosk.service, and copy it to /lib/systemd/system/kiosk.service (don't forget to use sudo to do the copying).

   [Unit]
   Description=Chromium Kiosk
   Wants=graphical.target
   After=graphical.target
   
   [Service]
   Environment=DISPLAY=:0
   Environment=XAUTHORITY=/home/pi/.Xauthority
   Type=simple
   ExecStart=/bin/bash /home/pi/kiosk.sh
   Restart=on-abort
   User=pi
   Group=pi
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=graphical.target

Network Connectivity

Get the RPi ethernet MAC address with ifconfig eth0. If the RPi is on a DHCP setup, then you should see the assigned ip with ifconfig -a.

Remote Screensharing

For remote screensharing, follow procedure at Raspberry Pi Screen Sharing with TightVnc or Setting up VNC on Raspberry Pi for Mac access and Mac Screen and File Sharing.