Porteus

Hi, all.

I am having an issue with a PK machine we are using as a weather monitoring station. I have it set up to pull the config file from an accessible URL, but when I change the homepage in the file and reboot the machine, the config doesn't seem to be loaded. The old homepage is still there.

Has anyone else had this issue and, if so, how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Matt

Hello Matt,

Do you have 'kiosk_config=some_url' parameter included in your remote config? If not then please add it, if yes then please send your config file (original file and not its content) to support@porteus-kiosk.org.

Thank you.

Here's my config file, if you need it:

connection=wired
network_interface=eth0
dhcp=yes
browser=chrome
homepage=https://weather.com/weather/radar/inter ... nus&zoom=8
#homepage=https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/g ... t=sanserif
browser_idle_forced=5
disable_private_mode=yes
Kiosk_config=https://***.*****.com/*****/porteuskiosk/pkweather.txt
additional_components=uefi.zip

(part of the URL is intentionally obscured)

I'll also email the original file to the address you provided, thanks!

This is wrong: This is correct:

Thanks, I'll give that a shot. Will a reinstall of PK be required or can I just reboot?

Reboot did not work - I'll try a reinstall a bit later.

Update: After a complete reinstall, the problem still exists. I used the wizard and the option to load a config file form the network, which pulled the config for the initial installation and boot. I then changed the homepage option in the config to another site and rebooted the box. The config appears to have not loaded, as the page is still the same as before.

This used to work but now does not - I can't remember changing anything else.

Any other suggestions?

Additional update:

We changed the wall port this PC was connected to and the config pulled down with changes. Tested twice more with success, so it seems we have an issue with part of the physical LAN rather than the software.

Thank you for your help with the case sensitive config file!