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chromium-browser won't load web pages

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remus
Posts: 85
Joined: 2008-06-03 02:39

chromium-browser won't load web pages

#1 Post by remus »

Hi all,

Its been a while since I've posted.

Running Debian Wheezy x64
Installed from netinst to VirtualBox VM
+ssh
+base system

I then installed via "apt-get install" the following apps
+xorg
+lightdm
+matchbox-window-manager
+chromium-browser
+nano
+rsync


I'm following this guide http://www.alandmoore.com/blog/2011/11/ ... 1-edition/
To try and learn how to setup a basic web kiosk to display ONE single web page. Kind of like a digital sign.

So I've made ~/.xsession file as the guide instructed, and it contains the following

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xset s off
xset -dpms
matchbox-window-manager &
while true; do
    rsync -qr --delete --exclude='.Xauthority' /opt/kiosk/ $HOME/
    chromium-browser --app=http://www.google.com.au
done
The browser loads up in kiosk mode, but fails to load the webpage.
I've also changed the chromium-browser line to

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chromium-browser http://www.google.com.au
Which disables browser kiosk mode, just in case that was the problem.

I've uploaded a screenshot of the error here : https://ibb.co/faanPb

I have ssh access via putty to the VM and can ping websites, and had no trouble installing packages from online servers with "apt-get install"

All comments and suggestions welcome :)

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debiman
Posts: 3063
Joined: 2013-03-12 07:18

Re: chromium-browser won't load web pages

#2 Post by debiman »

remus wrote:The browser loads up in kiosk mode, but fails to load the webpage.
which means you're 99% there, and this is a chromium issue?
what happens when you try to
- not use kiosk mode - can you browse?
- load a different page (maybe a local file) - NOT google
???

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