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Creating an Information Radiator on Raspberry Pi
How To
- Flash the Raspbian with Desktop Image (It needs a UI) - https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ - Flash OS on Raspberry Pi
- Ensure you setup correctly - change password etc
- Now change the Boot Options through raspi-config and make it so that it auto logins in to the UI
- Ensure ssh is enabled
- Don't forget to add the scotty user : Create New User (scotty) on Raspberry Pi
- Once you can ssh to the pi
- sudo nano /boot/config.txt
- Add the following lines to the top of the file :
# Set sdtv mode to PAL (as used in Europe) sdtv_mode=2 # Force the monitor to HDMI mode so that sound will be sent over HDMI cable hdmi_drive=2 # Set monitor mode to DMT hdmi_group=2
- If you wish to set a static IP on the PI follow this guide : Static IP on Raspberry Pi
- Now you will want to be the PI user as the is the autologin user so ssh to the pi as the pi user 'ssh pi@X.X.X.X'
- You need to install chromium browser (it may come pre installed)
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
- Next we need to create a file which runs every time the PI reboots
- cd /home/pi/.config/autostart
- If none of these directories exists, create them : 'mkdir -p /home/pi/.config/autostart'
- Create the autostart file and fill with the contents we desire
- nano /home/pi/.config/autostart/autoStart.desktop
- Put the following in - edit based on what you want to auto boot :
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Exec=/usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --kiosk https://docs.google.com/a/errigal.com/presentation/d/1-GtE3_RE1BXxuVUK8HyYqbNpXfZmd0SWCtx_ASQHa2U/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=15000 Hidden=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name[en_US]=AutoChromium Name=AutoChromium Comment=Start Chromium when GNOME starts
- save and exit
- Reboot the pi and it should load chromium by default - you may need to log in to whatever website you are going to
- Now you want to make the mouse disappear and only appear if you move it
- sudo apt-get install unclutter
- sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
- Add :
@unclutter -idle 0.1 -root
- You will also want the PI screen to stay on even with no movement
- sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
- Add the following lines to the [SeatDefaults] section
# don't sleep the screen xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms
- save and exit
- reboot the pi and everything should work - hopefully
toolsandtechnologies/raspberrypi_informationradiator.txt · Last modified: 2021/06/25 10:09 by 127.0.0.1