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Boot NixOS into chromium kiosk (tested on NixOS 14.04)
services.xserver = {
enable = true;
monitorSection = ''
Option "NODPMS"
'';
serverLayoutSection = ''
Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "DPMS" "false"
'';
displayManager.auto.user = "guest";
displayManager.auto.enable = true;
displayManager.slim.enable = false;
displayManager.xserverArgs = [ "-nocursor" ];
desktopManager.default = "chromium";
desktopManager.session = [{
name = "chromium";
start = ''
# dont blank the screen after 5min
xset dpms force on
xset -dpms &
xset s noblank &
xset s off &
# empty i3 config to shutup wizard
mkdir -p /home/guest/i3
touch /home/guest/.i3/config
# dont allow chromium to complain
sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly": false/"exited_cleanly": true/' /home/guest/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences || true
sleep 5;
# start browser
while true; do ${pkgs.chromium}/bin/chromium --incognito --touch-events --disable-translate --kiosk http://192.168.1.2:8080/; done
'';
}];
windowManager.default = "i3";
windowManager.i3.enable = true;
resolutions = [{
x = 1280;
y = 1024;
}];
};
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