Unable to load config file

[dessington]

Hi,

I have the kiosk.txt file on my server (publicly accessible & loads correctly in browser so is correct & accessible) with all settings including kiosk_config url but the setup will not load it. Url is: kiosk_config=http://myserver.co.za/lab/kiosk.txt. Have tried with and without https & www. Any ideas?

[fanthom]

I understand you enter just the URL in the wizard and not parameter+URL?

Make sure on final config window:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/screens/wizard/config.png

you have parameter+URL:

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kiosk_config=http://myserver.co.za/lab/kiosk.txt

By the way - this url is not valid:
http://myserver.co.za/lab/kiosk.txt

i cant find any kiosk config there.

[dessington]

It was an example domain I used. The actual one is https://www.kingsschool.co.za/lab/kiosk.txt

[fanthom]

Your webserver is configured to reject all clients which does not have an user agent set:

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wget https://www.kingsschool.co.za/lab/kiosk.txt
--2018-08-08 21:08:11--  https://www.kingsschool.co.za/lab/kiosk.txt
Resolving www.kingsschool.co.za... 77.104.189.92
Connecting to www.kingsschool.co.za|77.104.189.92|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2018-08-08 21:08:12 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

This works:

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wget -U mozilla https://www.kingsschool.co.za/lab/kiosk.txt
--2018-08-08 21:08:23--  https://www.kingsschool.co.za/lab/kiosk.txt
Resolving www.kingsschool.co.za... 77.104.189.92
Connecting to www.kingsschool.co.za|77.104.189.92|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/plain]
Saving to: 'kiosk.txt'

kiosk.txt                                                [ <=>                                                                                                                 ]     782  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2018-08-08 21:08:24 (40.5 MB/s) - 'kiosk.txt' saved [782]

Maybe you could remove this policy?

We cant add user agent by default as it breaks configs hosted on e.g. dropbox.com.

[dessington]

Yes this is to block spam traffic and cannot be disabled. How could I set the user agent?

[dessington]

Ok I managed to remove just wget and it works Thank you for your assistance.

[dessington]

This is such a useful piece of software thank you.

[dessington]

Last question: When it boots it shows my wallpaper, then a black screen for a few seconds then displays the wallpaper again. Is there any way to skip the black screen interval?

[fanthom]

Its not possible to skip the black screen completely as splash works on a kernel framebuffer while browser needs Xorg session (different drivers).

[dessington]

Ok ty.

[fanthom]

Actually - you may try:

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gpu_driver=modesetting

but you'll loose some features (e.g. there may be tearing on Intel GPU when screen is rotated).

[dessington]

Still has the black screen interval with that setting enabled.

[fanthom]

In this case the only solution is to use completely black wallpaper.