Thank you both for your help.
I was able to get Matt's solution to work by adding the desired starting
page to the bash file like this
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/chromium-browser localhost
Jim, I wasn't able to get yours to work. Does the file need an extension?
And the folders you specified in the path didn't exist so I created them.
And I just now realized that was for Google Chrome and we are using
Chromium.
Everything is working and I now have a bunch of resource pages for the
teachers and students.
THANKS!!!!!!
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:52 PM, James McQuillan <j...@mcquil.com> wrote:
> Robert,
>
> I played with this stuff several months ago, and I found that you can put
> stuff in the master_preferences file.
>
> In my case, I created a file called:
> /opt/google/chrome/master_preferences
> and put this:
>
> {
> "HomepageLocation" : "http://www.ltsp.org";,
> "homepage_is_newtabpage" : false,
> "browser" : {
> "show_home_button" : true
> },
> "bookmark_bar" : {
> "show_on_all_tabs" : true
> },
> "distribution" : {
> "skip_first_run_ui" : true,
> "show_welcome_page" : false,
> "import_search_engine" : false,
> "import_history" : false,
> "create_all_shortcuts" : true,
> "do_not_launch_chrome" : true,
> "make_chrome_default" : true
> },
> "sync_promo" : {
> "show_on_first_run_allowed" : false
> }
> }
>
>
> The HomepageLocation is how I set everybody to load the same page when
> they launch Chrome.
>
> Also, I didn't want them needing to log in to chrome, so some of the other
> entries handled that.
>
> If you just search for 'chrome master_preferences', you'll find all kinds
> of great information.
>
> I like Matt's suggestion about naming the URL on the command line. You can
> embed that into the menu item or shortcut they use for launching the
> browser.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jim McQuillan
> j...@ltsp.org
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Matt Johnson <johnson...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2 September 2013 01:05, Robert Lefebvre
>> <robert.r.lefeb...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I just set Chromium to start immediately after a client logs in. On my
>>> own chromium I know how to set the default page to open any page I tell it
>>> but is there some way I can tell it to open every client to the same page?
>>> I want them to get a school news or announcement page when they login. An
>>> html page in localhost is what I have in mind if I can get them to see it
>>>
>> How far have you got, Robert?
>>
>> * Do all users now auto-start chromium on login? (LXDE?) Have you got
>> that working?
>>
>> Are you now just trying to point them to the right page?
>>
>> If so, the command:
>>
>> chromium-browser www.yahoo.com
>>
>> opens chromium at that page.
>>
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