Create a live usb Ubuntu to run an application without desktop environment
I need to create a USB live ubuntu to run an application. I want to open my application after the boot as fullscreen without any other option to the end user.
I read that I should use Gtk+ or Qt5 if I want to run an app without a desktop environment or display manager so I created my app using Gtk+.
To be able to open the app without a desktop environment I added to .bashrc the following:
export DISPLAY=:0
while true; do ./myapp; done
I put it inside a while because sometimes I got the following error:
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(myapp:4918): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
I suppose I was trying to run the application before the display manager is running.
Enable auto-login for the default user makes .bashrc on tty1 to be executed and my application is launched.
mkdir /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
nano /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noissue --autologin ubuntu %I $TERM
Type=idle
To make it work I also needed to edit /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop so it doesn't launch the desktop environment.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
It is working however there are some points that I don't understand.
1 - Most of the answers to this problem say to edit ubuntu.desktop and change exec to my application however I wasn't able to make it work. It doesn't run Ubuntu desktop indeed but I wasn't able to make it run my app. I didn't find how I could debug why it was failing.
2 - I read that Gtk+ and Qt5 can use Wayland so I didn't a desktop environment neither a display manager, how could I do that?
3 - Which alternatives do you recommend to obtain the same result? The way I did it in .bashrc sounds a little bit hackish.
Thank you
16.04 gtk display-manager
asked 7 hours ago
metRo_metRo_
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I need to create a USB live ubuntu to run an application. I want to open my application after the boot as fullscreen without any other option to the end user.
I read that I should use Gtk+ or Qt5 if I want to run an app without a desktop environment or display manager so I created my app using Gtk+.
To be able to open the app without a desktop environment I added to .bashrc the following:
export DISPLAY=:0
while true; do ./myapp; done
I put it inside a while because sometimes I got the following error:
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(myapp:4918): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
I suppose I was trying to run the application before the display manager is running.
Enable auto-login for the default user makes .bashrc on tty1 to be executed and my application is launched.
mkdir /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
nano /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noissue --autologin ubuntu %I $TERM
Type=idle
To make it work I also needed to edit /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop so it doesn't launch the desktop environment.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
It is working however there are some points that I don't understand.
1 - Most of the answers to this problem say to edit ubuntu.desktop and change exec to my application however I wasn't able to make it work. It doesn't run Ubuntu desktop indeed but I wasn't able to make it run my app. I didn't find how I could debug why it was failing.
2 - I read that Gtk+ and Qt5 can use Wayland so I didn't a desktop environment neither a display manager, how could I do that?
3 - Which alternatives do you recommend to obtain the same result? The way I did it in .bashrc sounds a little bit hackish.
Thank you
16.04 gtk display-manager
asked 7 hours ago
metRo_metRo_
11
I had originally marked this for close as duplicate, but I don't think it's a super good match. You might look at the method used, to see if it helps you. https://askubuntu.com/questions/124759/customize-ubuntu-for-a-library-internet-kiosk
– Charles Green
7 hours ago
@CharlesGreen I tried but it didin't work pastebin.com/z1fQQFbp
– metRo_
6 hours ago
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I need to create a USB live ubuntu to run an application. I want to open my application after the boot as fullscreen without any other option to the end user.
I read that I should use Gtk+ or Qt5 if I want to run an app without a desktop environment or display manager so I created my app using Gtk+.
To be able to open the app without a desktop environment I added to .bashrc the following:
export DISPLAY=:0
while true; do ./myapp; done
I put it inside a while because sometimes I got the following error:
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(myapp:4918): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
I suppose I was trying to run the application before the display manager is running.
Enable auto-login for the default user makes .bashrc on tty1 to be executed and my application is launched.
mkdir /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
nano /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noissue --autologin ubuntu %I $TERM
Type=idle
To make it work I also needed to edit /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop so it doesn't launch the desktop environment.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
It is working however there are some points that I don't understand.
1 - Most of the answers to this problem say to edit ubuntu.desktop and change exec to my application however I wasn't able to make it work. It doesn't run Ubuntu desktop indeed but I wasn't able to make it run my app. I didn't find how I could debug why it was failing.
2 - I read that Gtk+ and Qt5 can use Wayland so I didn't a desktop environment neither a display manager, how could I do that?
3 - Which alternatives do you recommend to obtain the same result? The way I did it in .bashrc sounds a little bit hackish.
Thank you
16.04 gtk display-manager
asked 7 hours ago
metRo_metRo_
11
I need to create a USB live ubuntu to run an application. I want to open my application after the boot as fullscreen without any other option to the end user.
I read that I should use Gtk+ or Qt5 if I want to run an app without a desktop environment or display manager so I created my app using Gtk+.
To be able to open the app without a desktop environment I added to .bashrc the following:
export DISPLAY=:0
while true; do ./myapp; done
I put it inside a while because sometimes I got the following error:
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(myapp:4918): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
I suppose I was trying to run the application before the display manager is running.
Enable auto-login for the default user makes .bashrc on tty1 to be executed and my application is launched.
mkdir /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
nano /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noissue --autologin ubuntu %I $TERM
Type=idle
To make it work I also needed to edit /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop so it doesn't launch the desktop environment.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
It is working however there are some points that I don't understand.
1 - Most of the answers to this problem say to edit ubuntu.desktop and change exec to my application however I wasn't able to make it work. It doesn't run Ubuntu desktop indeed but I wasn't able to make it run my app. I didn't find how I could debug why it was failing.
2 - I read that Gtk+ and Qt5 can use Wayland so I didn't a desktop environment neither a display manager, how could I do that?
3 - Which alternatives do you recommend to obtain the same result? The way I did it in .bashrc sounds a little bit hackish.
Thank you
16.04 gtk display-manager
16.04 gtk display-manager
asked 7 hours ago
metRo_metRo_
11
asked 7 hours ago
metRo_metRo_
11
asked 7 hours ago
metRo_metRo_
11
asked 7 hours ago
metRo_metRo_
11
asked 7 hours ago
metRo_metRo_
11
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I had originally marked this for close as duplicate, but I don't think it's a super good match. You might look at the method used, to see if it helps you. https://askubuntu.com/questions/124759/customize-ubuntu-for-a-library-internet-kiosk
– Charles Green
7 hours ago
@CharlesGreen I tried but it didin't work pastebin.com/z1fQQFbp
– metRo_
6 hours ago
add a comment |
I had originally marked this for close as duplicate, but I don't think it's a super good match. You might look at the method used, to see if it helps you. https://askubuntu.com/questions/124759/customize-ubuntu-for-a-library-internet-kiosk
– Charles Green
7 hours ago
@CharlesGreen I tried but it didin't work pastebin.com/z1fQQFbp
– metRo_
6 hours ago
I had originally marked this for close as duplicate, but I don't think it's a super good match. You might look at the method used, to see if it helps you. https://askubuntu.com/questions/124759/customize-ubuntu-for-a-library-internet-kiosk
– Charles Green
7 hours ago
I had originally marked this for close as duplicate, but I don't think it's a super good match. You might look at the method used, to see if it helps you. https://askubuntu.com/questions/124759/customize-ubuntu-for-a-library-internet-kiosk
– Charles Green
7 hours ago
@CharlesGreen I tried but it didin't work pastebin.com/z1fQQFbp
– metRo_
6 hours ago
@CharlesGreen I tried but it didin't work pastebin.com/z1fQQFbp
– metRo_
6 hours ago
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I had originally marked this for close as duplicate, but I don't think it's a super good match. You might look at the method used, to see if it helps you. https://askubuntu.com/questions/124759/customize-ubuntu-for-a-library-internet-kiosk
– Charles Green
7 hours ago
@CharlesGreen I tried but it didin't work pastebin.com/z1fQQFbp
– metRo_
6 hours ago