MANUAL.md

Manual Configuration

Rotate the monitor (optional).

sudo bash -c "echo 'display_rotate=1' >> /boot/config.txt"

Other options:

• display_rotate=0 Normal
• display_rotate=1 90 degrees
• display_rotate=2 180 degrees
• display_rotate=3 270 degrees

Improve the color depth.

sudo bash -c "echo 'framebuffer_depth=32' >> /boot/config.txt"
sudo bash -c "echo 'framebuffer_ignore_alpha=1' >> /boot/config.txt"

Turn on font antialiasing for pretty text.

mkdir ~/.config/fontconfig
vi ~/.config/fontconfig/.fonts.conf

Paste the contents of the src/fonts.xml file and save.

Prevent monitor sleep when it should be on.

sudo bash -c "echo 'xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms' >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf"

Start Chromium on startup and disable the cursor.

Install packages.

sudo apt-get update
wget -qO - http://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=bintray | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://dl.bintray.com/kusti8/chromium-rpi jessie main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser x11-xserver-utils unclutter

Add Chromium and Unclutter to the autostart file. If you want to change the 'homepage', modify STARTUP_URL below.

STARTUP_URL="https://danmconrad.github.io/daylight/?token=YOUR_TOKEN"

echo "@chromium-browser --start-fullscreen --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --kiosk $STARTUP_URL" >> ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
echo "@unclutter -idle 0.1 -root" >> ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

HDMI control.

Option A: CEC Client

This option is great because it completely turns off the display, saving power, and precious lumens. Install libcec by following the README for Raspberry PI.

Option B: TVService

This should already be installed on the Pi by default.

Turn on and off the monitor periodically.

Edit this file according to the comments to disable CEC support and use standard TV Service support if you don't have a monitor that supports CEC.

sudo touch /usr/local/sbin/screen
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/screen
sudo vi /usr/local/sbin/screen

Paste the contents of either the src/screen-cec.sh or src/screen-tv.sh file and save.

Setup cron to call the new screen script and tell the system to auto start cron on boot.

sudo crontab -l > root-cron
echo "0 6 * * * /usr/local/sbin/screen on 2> /usr/local/sbin/screen.err.log" >> root-cron
echo "0 11 * * * /usr/local/sbin/screen off 2> /usr/local/sbin/screen.err.log" >> root-cron
echo "" >> root-cron
sudo crontab root-cron
rm root-cron
sudo service cron restart
sudo update-rc.d cron defaults

Restart the pi.

sudo reboot -h now