Setting up a browser in kiosk mode at startup#

To set up the device to start chromium in kiosk mode, a systemd service is already provided.

The following steps are required in a terminal on target.

To connect to a terminal, use either

serial uart debug port, 115200 baud rate or
ssh within the local network
- username: root
- passord: <empty>
- IP address is displayed in: settings -> info on the display

Change URL to be displayed#

Edit the file /lib/systemd/system/chromium-kiosk.service and replace Environment="WEBSITE=www.demmel.com" with Environment="WEBSITE=<YOUR_WEBSITE>" e.g. by using following command on the target:

    nano /lib/systemd/system/chromium-kiosk.service 

Start chromium-kiosk service#

To start the service, enter

    systemctl start chromium-kiosk.service

Enable chromium-kiosk at boot-up#

To enable automatic start-up of the service, enter

    systemctl enable chromium-kiosk.service

Optional: Disable iLCD services#

If not required, the iLCD services can be disabled by

    systemctl disable iLCDsettings.service
    systemctl disable iLCDcompositor.service

Additional information regarding systctl#

Start a service: systemctl start <Service>
Stopp a service: systemctl stop <Service>
Show the status of a service: systemctl status <Service>
Enable starting a service at boot-up: systemctl enable <Service>
Disbale starting a service at boot-up: systemctl disable <Service>

Additional information regarding systemctl can be found at