#!/bin/bash export DISPLAY=:0.0 # Start cursor at the top-left corner, as opposed to the default of dead-center # (so it doesn't accidentally trigger hover styles on elements on the page) xdotool mousemove 0 0 # Set some useful X preferences xset s off # don't activate screensaver xset -dpms # disable DPMS (Energy Star) features. xset s noblank # don't blank the video device # Set X screen background sudo nitrogen --set-centered background.png # Hide cursor afer 5 seconds of inactivity unclutter -idle 5 -root & # Make sure Chromium profile is marked clean, even if it crashed if [ -f .config/chromium/Default/Preferences ]; then cat .config/chromium/Default/Preferences \ | jq '.profile.exit_type = "SessionEnded" | .profile.exited_cleanly = true' \ > .config/chromium/Default/Preferences-clean mv .config/chromium/Default/Preferences{-clean,} fi # Remove notes of previous sessions, if any find .config/chromium/ -name "Last *" -exec rm {} + # Start and detach Chromium # http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/ # Note that under matchbox, starting in full-screen without a window size doesn't behave well when you try to exit full screen (see https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/273989) chromium-browser --start-fullscreen --window-size=1920,1080 --disable-infobars & # Hide Chromium while it's starting/loading the page wid=`xdotool search --sync --onlyvisible --class chromium` xdotool windowunmap $wid sleep 15 # give the web page time to load xdotool windowmap $wid # Finally, switch process to our window manager exec matchbox-window-manager -use_titlebar no