Thursday, March 29, 2012

Launch Chromium in fullscreen in XBMCbuntu Eden

On my new XBMCbuntu install the "Advanced Launcher" addon had a "chromium-browser" launcher configured by default.  Unfortunately when running the launcher chromium started but was only taking up half the screen(the maximise button was also missing and keyboard shortcuts would not increase the window size).  After some googling and no success I decided to roll my own solution which is as follows:

First SSH into your XBMCbuntu install and enter the following(if you are not comfortable using SSH simply log out of XBMC and log into openbox from the login screen then open a terminal and follow these steps)

mkdir scripts

cd scripts

nano chromium.sh

then paste(ctrl + shift + v at the terminal)  this in and save(ctrl + x and then y to confirm)


#!/bin/bash
openbox &
/usr/bin/chromium-browser
killall -9 openbox

then run 

chmod +x chromium.sh

Now in XBMCbuntu go to the "Advanced Launcher" and right click the "chromium-browser" launcher and select "Edit Launcher" then select "Advanced Modifications" then "Change Application" and select the script you made in the previous steps which is located at /home/xbmc/scripts/chromium.sh
Posted by jamespcole at 2:18 AM

15 comments:

  1. Exil-OstfrieseApril 1, 2012 at 3:06 PM

    thanks for your post. unfortunately the script is not starting chromium on my system. the xbmcbuntu desktop screen shows up for a second and on the left upper corner you can see xbmc and the launcher in small window before they are gone and xbmc comes back. any ideas?

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    1. jamespcoleApril 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM

      Did you give execute permissions to the script? ie the line "chmod +x chromium.sh"

      Seems like that could be the issue, if it does not work let me know and i can help you try to debug it further.

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  2. JimmyApril 6, 2012 at 10:05 PM

    Thank you for this info, I have it set up and it launches chromium in a full window, except that I get no sound from the browser (videos, etc.). I get proper sound via XBMC playback and I get proper sound from the chromium when it is launched via XBMCbuntu, but no sound via chromium when launched through XBMC. Do you have any idea what could be going on or how I can fix it?

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    1. jamespcoleApril 8, 2012 at 11:43 PM

      I'll have a look when I get home, are you running sound via hdmi?

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    2. DeeksApril 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM

      I'm having the same issue, yah sound is via HDMI and it works fine everywhere else just not in chromium from the adv launcher.

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    3. jochietochApril 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM

      I had the same issue and found a workaround: after switching off menu sounds in XBMC the sound worked in chromium and other programs launched through the Advanced Launcher.

      It seems XBMC does not release the sound device when programs are launched.

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    4. the_seeker_whoMay 16, 2012 at 1:20 PM

      Hey "People with no sound in browser but sound in XMBC",

      Under XBMCbuntu install "PulseAudio Volume Control" go to the "Configuration" tab and select the appropriate profile for your internal audio. Since I required audio through HDMI I selected this option.

      BEWARE that you may lose audio playback in XMBC if so just return the values to the defaults and it's a Champaign Super Nova.

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    5. UnknownOctober 21, 2012 at 11:57 PM

      I just can find this on my XBCMbuntu install.
      If press ALT+F2 and enter Pavucontrol nothing happends.

      Alreday tried to install it by using sudo apt-get install libasound2-plugins "pulseaudio-*" but install does not continue because I should have latest version installed?

      Any idea what to do ?

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  3. JuryApril 23, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    Hi, thanks for your article.
    I have the same issue of the first user: the launcher shows an XBMCbuntu desktop for a moment, then it disappears and it comes back to the XBMC.
    The scripts has the rw permissions to all.
    Could you help me?
    Thanks!

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    1. jamespcoleApril 23, 2012 at 9:26 PM

      hmmmm... I can't seem to replicate it. Can you check the chromium.sh file and make sure that when it was pasted it has not replaced the & with & I think some browsers will do this when copying and pasting. Also are you using the latest XBMC Eden release if you are on Dharma you will need to replace "openbox" in the script with "fluxbox".

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    2. jamespcoleApril 23, 2012 at 9:27 PM

      damn it's escaping the ampersand in my comment, it may have replaced & with &amp then a ; is what i was trying to say

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  4. JuryMay 7, 2012 at 2:04 PM

    Hi, it seems to be the issue you described!
    I have just copied and pasted into a fresh file, checked the permissions and all it works!
    I'm writing from XBMC...

    Many thanks,
    J.

    PS: is there a way to set the font size? I need it for Skype launcher.

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  5. UnknownMay 26, 2012 at 4:19 PM

    Thanks this worked perfectly. I had the sound the problem but I was able to fix it.

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  6. UnknownOctober 17, 2012 at 6:47 AM

    Hi, this script works!! But, I got the same problem with audio (using hdmi). There is no sound :(

    At xbmcbuntu-desktop with "PulseAudio Volume Control" I can have sound, but if i execute chromium within XBMC there is no sound.
    Could you help me? Thanks for your work!

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  7. OK2UECDecember 10, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    RaspBMC is not success. Pleaser manual for RaspBMC

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