raspberry-pi-kiosk.md

Raspberry Pi Kiosk

Instructions to go from zero to a Raspberry Pi Kiosk displaying a webpage with auto-refresh.

• OS: Raspbian (Debian Wheezy) 2015-02-16
• Browser: IceWeasel

Copy Raspbian to a SD Card (on OSX)

Instructions for other OSes.

• Download Raspbian
• Plug in SD Card (>= 4GB)
• Open up the terminal

$ diskutil list
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk#
$ sudo dd bs=1m if=<raspbian-image-file> of=/dev/rdisk#

Note: The 'r' in /dev/rdisk# is not a typo. This is the raw path to the disk, which is faster than the buffered /dev/disk devices.

Power it up

• Hook up your Pi: Plug in the mouse, keyboard, monitor, ethernet, sd card, and power.
• First boot will take you to the raspi-config utility:
  • Expand the filesystem
  • Change the user password from the default (user: pi, pass: raspberry)
  • Enable boot to graphical desktop
  • I18n options -> Change keyboard layout -> Select your keyboard
  • Finish and reboot

Install xscreensaver and Disable the Screen Saver

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xscreensaver

Menu -> Preferences -> Screensaver -> Display Mode -> Disable Screen Saver

Launch IceWeasel on Startup

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install iceweasel
$ sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

@iceweasel

Install IceWeasel Add-ons

• FF Fullscreen
• ReloadEvery

Configure the Browser

• Right-click on page -> ReloadEvery -> Auto Enable New Tab
• Set your homepage in the Preferences

Which version of raspbian should I download?