Change Password
sudo passwd pi
New User
sudo adduser egon
sudo usermod -aG sudo egon
Update Raspbian
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot
Install lightdm
sudo apt-get install lightdm
Configure The Following
sudo raspi-config
network options
boot options
localisation options
advanced options
Reboot and login as new user
Install plymouth
sudo apt-get install plymouth plymouth-themes
sudo apt-get install pix-plym-splash
Logout of SSH
Copy your custom splash.png file to the pi
scp /Users/userdirectory/splash.png user@youripaddress:/home/username/splash.png
ssh back in to pi
Move your custom splash image
sudo mv splash.png /usr/share/plymouth/themes/pix
Edit the boot config.txt file and add the following
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
disable_splash=1
Edit the plymouth pix.script
sudo nano /usr/share/plymouth/themes/pix/pix.script
remove the following
message_sprite = Sprite();
message_sprite.SetPosition(screen_width * 0.1, screen_height * 0.9, 10000);
my_image = Image.Text(text, 1, 1, 1);
message_sprite.SetImage(my_image);
Edit the boot cmdline.txt file
sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt
replace “console=tty1” with “console=tty3”
Add this to the end
splash quiet plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles logo.nologo vt.global_cursor_default=0
Install open box
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xserver-xorg x11-xserver-utils xinit openbox
Install chromium
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends chromium-browser
Replace the open box autostart config file
sudo nano /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart
replace everything with the following
# 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
sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/' ~/.config/chromium/'Local State'
sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/; s/"exit_type":"[^"]\+"/"exit_type":"Normal"/' ~/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences
chromium-browser --disable-infobars --kiosk 'https://google.com'
Install unclutter
sudo apt-get install unclutter
sudo reboot
