[solved] problem with chrome and 3 dot/line menu
Posted: 22 Oct 2016, 11:34
Hi, I've just been remastering for 2 kiosks I look after, and before installing on live machine I test on a virtualbox machine first. I've discovered that there appears to be an issue with Google Chrome in the latest version.
If you select any option from chrome's menu (I discovered it when trying to select print - and thought it might've been to do with my printer driver xzm, but happens if you select find or any other option) the session simply logs out.
Clearly I can't upgrade the real stations whilst this happens.
I tried Firefox, no problem there, but then again there isn't a menu in the same way on Firefox.
For reference the config of the station is:
If you select any option from chrome's menu (I discovered it when trying to select print - and thought it might've been to do with my printer driver xzm, but happens if you select find or any other option) the session simply logs out.
Clearly I can't upgrade the real stations whilst this happens.
I tried Firefox, no problem there, but then again there isn't a menu in the same way on Firefox.
For reference the config of the station is:
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[[ GLOBAL ]]
kiosk_config=http://path-to-my-file-replaced-for-this-post.txt
primary_keyboard_layout=gb:extd
secondary_keyboard_layout=gb:intl
allow_popup_windows=yes
browser_idle=20
# had to fix the user agent because jet2.com website would not work in chrome
# this user agent is for previous version of kiosk which the existing machines are picking up
browser_user_agent=Mozilla/5.0
wake_on_lan=yes
connection=wired
network_interface=eth0
dhcp=yes
allow_popup_windows=yes
disable_private_mode=yes
disable_firewall=yes
right_mouse_click=yes
enable_file_protocol=yes
shutdown_combination=yes
removable_devices=yes
root_password=somepassword
#0.3 is hdmi
default_sound_card=0
timezone=Europe/Madrid
vnc_interactive=yes
vnc_password=somepassword
session_password=workstationpassword
screensaver_idle=2
screensaver_archive=http://path-to-/images.zip
# new for kiosk 4.1 slide duration
slide_duration=10
enable_dpms=no
rtc_wake=Monday-09:00 Tuesday-09:00 Wednesday-09:00 Thursday-09:00 Friday-09:00 Saturday-10:00
scheduled_action=Monday-17:10 Tuesday-17:10 Wednesday-17:10 Thursday-17:10 Friday-17:10 Saturday-17:10 action:shutdown
wallpaper=http://path-to-/wallpaper.jpg
homepage=http://www.google.co.uk|http://localhost:631/printers
#managed_bookmarks=http://www.google.co.uk http://hire-essentials.com http://www.postroombenijofar.com http://live.com file:///media
silent_printing=no
additional_components=uefi.zip 07-java.xzm 05-flash.xzm 10-printing.xzm
[[0-77-587-6D-20]]
browser=chrome
# virtual 2 using 4.1 kiosk with wf3520 and konica
managed_bookmarks=http://www.google.co.uk|Google http://hire-essentials.com|Hire_Essentials http://www.postroombenijofar.com|Postroom_Site file:///media|USB_Drive
browser_user_agent=Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/6.0)
session_password=passwordforstation
#printer_connection=lpd://192.168.1.221/printers/Epson%20WF-3520%20Series
printer_connection=socket://192.168.1.221:9100
printer_model=Epson WF-3520 Series
