Kiosk Chromium Raspberry Pi

Step 1

Enter into the config directory

cd .config

Run the following command to create the new directory

sudo mkdir -p lxsession/LXDE-pi

Then create a file called Auto start

sudo nano lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

paste the following code in that file

@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
#@xscreensaver -no-splash
point-rpi
@sh /home/pi/kiosk.sh
@teamviewer
@chromium-browser --start-fullscreen --start-maximized --noerrdialogs --disable-infobars

then create a file called kiosk.sh using the Nano text editor

nano /home/pi/kiosk.sh

paste the following code in to it

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
date >> date.txt

make the file executable using the following command

chmod +x kiosk.sh

Step 2

Enter Into Your Chromium Settings and Then navigate to On Start Up

Here You can Add All the pages that you need to Open On Startup

Step 3 (Setup Temperature monitoring on Raspberry Pi)

Paste the following code in crontab , it will take temperatures every 1 minute and store it in the file tempratures.txt

* * * * * date >> tempratures.txt && vcgencmd measure_temp >> tempratures.txt

Step 4 (Setup Auto Update and Upgrade)

Paste the following code in crontab

4 4 * * * sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

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References :-

• https://smarthomepursuits.com/open-website-on-startup-with-raspberry-pi-os/
• https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-kiosk/