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I have successfully loaded up chromium-browser on raspbian jessie and am trying to autostart chromium-browser --kiosk mode... and having no luck. I have tried several attempts with varying syntaxes including @chromium and @chromium-browser (w/out path). Any guidance much appreciated.

In the following directory - I have the following commands: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart:

@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
@xscreensaver -no-splash
@sh ${HOME}/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autokey.sh
@/usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerordialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --kiosk http://www.website.com
angussidney
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For Raspbian (Jessie), this solution worked for me:

Create a new .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart/, e.g. 

sudo nano ~/.config/autostart/autoChromium.desktop

Then add the following:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --kiosk http://www.website.com
Hidden=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name[en_US]=AutoChromium
Name=AutoChromium
Comment=Start Chromium when GNOME starts

Then reboot. Chromium should automatically launch in kiosk mode after the desktop has loaded.

See How to Add Startup Programs in GNOME 3.14 on Debian 8 ‘jessie’ for a more detailed explanation.

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    If it helps anyone else - Our Chromium was freezing periodically, so we created a cron job with this command to restart Chromium every hour: 0 * * * * killall chromium-browser; DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --kiosk "http://www.website.com"& – rinogo May 18 '17 at 23:12
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Raspbian Jessie Chromium boot to fullscreen:

*Loaded Chromium-browser for Raspbian Jessie based on this site: -https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=121195&p=818455

*And got the Chromium "boot to fullscreen" from this guidance: site: http://www.0atman.com/auto-start-full-screen-web-page-on-raspbian-jessie-startup.html Create a file called ~/.config/autostart/chromium.desktop with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Connect
Comment=Checks internet connectivity
Exec=/usr/bin/chromium-browser -incognito --kiosk YOUR_WEB_ADDRESS

I needed to use Chromium for webrtc live video stream concepts; it looks to be running stable on a V9 codec streams... will try it out w/ H.264/5. I did have epiphany working but would crash after a few minutes of video feeds.

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Here is a soulution for running a script on startup: Run bash script on startup

You should try to put your command in a bash script. E.g.:

#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerordialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --kiosk http://www.website.com

Make it executable:

chmod +x {path of the script}/nameofscript.sh

And try this:

sudo update-rc.d {path of the script}/nameofscript.sh defaults
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  • Thank you. I will try it out and up vote if works on Raspbian-Jessie. I know some has changed between Wheezy and Jessie... but your answer is much cleaner. Appreciate the response! – Glenn R Nov 27 '15 at 22:13
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For Raspian Jessie with Raspberry 3, the right directory for me : ~/.config/autostart

Important : point before config

Because you have several autostart ! For me I use (pi user) : home/pic.config/autostart

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