RPi Zero W kiosk

README.md

Summary

Setup RPi Zero W as a kiosk

Step

1. write Raspbian Lite image to a SD card
2. enable ssh

touch /boot/ssh

3. setup WiFi

/boot/wpa_supplicant.conf

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
    ssid="MySSID"
    psk="SSIDPASSWORD"
}

4. inert the SD card to RPi zero w and boot-up 5.Autologin in Console

sudo raspi-config

• Select “Desktop / CLI” and then “Console Autologin”.

6. Install openbox and x-server

sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg x11-xserver-utils xinit openbox

7. install chromium browser

sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends chromium-browser

8. Start chromium automatically when X started

/etc/xdg/openbox/autostart 

# Disable any form of screen saver / screen blanking / power management
xset s off
xset s noblank
xset -dpms

# Allow quitting the X server with CTRL-ATL-Backspace
setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp

# Start Chromium in kiosk mode
chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-infobars --kiosk 'http://www.google.com'

9. start x automatically

~/.bash_profile

[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && startx -- -nocursor

Reference

• https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-kiosk/
• https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2018/11/06/setup-an-information-kiosk-using-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w/

Question, I am trying to set up a kiosk and it comes right up but one of the options is to watch a video, once this video is done I cannot get out of it back to the main menu because it opens either in a seperate tab or seperate window. How can it get it to either let me X out of the second window, x out of the tab, or arrow back to main menu. Have you any clue. I am using Linux mint with chromium or firefox kiosk mode.

I didn't try it, but take a look at the 1st reference. The author used xdotool to emulate key press to switch between tabs in the browser.