Wyse 3040 ThinLinux and Chromium as a default browser

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  • November 19, 2020 at 12:02 pm #53546
    david.drum
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    Hi guys,

    I have a need to present a website in a local thin client browser (not in Citrix) kiosk mode.

    However, the website is only compatible with Chrome while from what I see in ThinLinux Firefox is used as a default browser for presenting/publishing URLs in the kiosk mode.

    Is there any way to use Chrome instead of Firefox?

    Thank you,

    November 23, 2020 at 3:33 pm #53561
    ConfGen
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    Install it manually.

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    November 23, 2020 at 3:36 pm #53562
    ConfGen
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    Or download the addon directly from Dell
    https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER05007648M/1/chrome-opt_1.0.0-26_amd64.zip

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    November 23, 2020 at 3:45 pm #53567
    david.drum
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    Hi Thomas,

    I have Chrome installed as a part of the ThinLinux 2.1 image, the issue is that the Wyse Management Suite policy uses Firefox for publishing websites in Kiosk mode, not Chrome – unless I am missing something 🙂

    Thanks

    November 23, 2020 at 4:17 pm #53569
    ConfGen
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    That’s probably correct.
    Have you tried to configure a Custom connection via the Advanced section?

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    November 24, 2020 at 12:58 pm #53590
    david.drum
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    H Thomas,

    Good suggestion about the Custom Connection option.

    I’ve tried the below command but does not have any effect and the client is not starting Chrome after boot:

    CONNECT=CUSTOM Description=”Chrome Kiosk Mode” Command=google-chrome –kiosk http://example.com Recot=yes ReconnectSeconds=30 AutoConnect=yes Runterminal=yes LocalCopy=yes

    I don’t see any examples for the above command in the documentation so not sure if the way I call Chrome (with “google-chrome”) is correct.

    Regards,

    November 24, 2020 at 1:10 pm #53595
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    “google-chrome” starts Chrome but it does not seem to accept any switches like “–kiosk”.

    November 24, 2020 at 1:47 pm #53597
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    Try to put the command in single or double-quotes. Also, try with –kiosk or –k

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    November 29, 2020 at 11:18 am #53646
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    That worked, thanks a lot Thomas!

    December 1, 2020 at 2:51 pm #53675
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    what exactly worked?

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