How do I setup OctoPrint-TFT to automatically run at boot?

[ismangil]

I want the app to immediately start at boot up - kiosk mode.

How do I that?

[mcuadros]

If you installed ocoprint-tft with the deb package, should work out of the box.

But you must to enable the graphical mode boot with:
systemctl set-default graphical.target

[ismangil]

pi@octopi-tiacxy:~ $ systemctl get-default
graphical.target
pi@octopi-tiacxy:~/OctoPrint-TFT/build/jessie $ sudo dpkg -i octoprint-tft_0.0~git1d13338-1_armhf.deb

Successful install.

pi@octopi-tiacxy:~ $ sudo reboot

Still shows OctoPi console usual login screen (screenshot)

[mcuadros]

Can you execute systemctl status display-manager? The server should be linkedind properly, witch package are you using? Its a custom build right? Why?

systemctl status display-manager
● octoprint-tft.service - OctoPrint-TFT
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/octoprint-tft.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2018-01-05 16:19:42 UTC; 2h 36min ago
 Main PID: 1322 (xinit)
   CGroup: /system.slice/octoprint-tft.service
           ├─1322 /usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/OctoPrint-TFT -- :0 -nolisten tcp -nocursor
           ├─1323 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg :0 -nolisten tcp -nocursor
           ├─1334 /usr/bin/OctoPrint-TFT
           ├─1342 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --autolaunch 78055127b0d246778bb1b55d3da2a763 --binary-syntax --close-stderr
           ├─1343 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
           ├─1345 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi-bus-launcher
           ├─1349 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/at-spi2/accessibility.conf --nofork --print-address 3
           └─1352 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-session

[ismangil]

So I should install the desktop environment? I'm running the default OctoPi, it doesn't have graphical environment. It suggests running the install-desktop script (https://github.com/guysoft/OctoPi/blob/devel/src/modules/octopi/filesystem/home/pi/scripts/install-desktop).

[mcuadros]

No you don't need to do it. Can you past the result of systemctl status display-manager?

[ismangil]

pi@octopi-tiacxy:~ $ systemctl status display-manager
● display-manager.service
   Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
   Active: inactive (dead)

[mcuadros]

Strange looks like the postinst script didn't run properly.

Can you execute? and try again the status?
ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/octoprint-tft.service /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service

[ismangil]

pi@octopi-tiacxy:~ $ ls -al /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Jan  5 23:50 /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service -> /lib/systemd/system/octoprint-tft.service
pi@octopi-tiacxy:~ $ systemctl status display-manager
● octoprint-tft.service - OctoPrint-TFT
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/octoprint-tft.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Fri 2018-01-05 23:52:30 UTC; 29s ago
  Process: 1056 ExecStart=/usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/OctoPrint-TFT -- :0 -nolisten tcp -nocursor (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
 Main PID: 1056 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)```
  

[mcuadros]

ls /etc/octoprint-tft-environment and journalctl -u octoprint-tft?

How you created the package? and why you didn't used the provided one?

[ismangil]

pi@octopi-tiacxy:~ $ ls /etc/octoprint-tft-environment
/etc/octoprint-tft-environment
pi@octopi-tiacxy:~ $ journalctl -u octoprint-tft
No journal files were found.

I built the package from source by following the README.
make build so using Docker.

I built from source because I wanted to use the latest code, and also tinker with development.

I will try uninstalling this package and trying again with release package.

[mcuadros]

xinit /usr/bin/OctoPrint-TFT -- :0 -nolisten tcp -nocursor works?

[ismangil]

xinit is not available. Perhaps because OctoPi does not have it by default?

[mcuadros]

ouch, so is a missing dependency. Can you install it? and try again?

[ismangil]

OK I found the minimum to install is
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg xinit

It is now working.

How do I set the resolution? My screen is 800x480, the program only fills partial screen.

[mcuadros]

Ups, its hardcoded: https://github.com/mcuadros/OctoPrint-TFT/blob/master/ui/ui.go#L61

I will need make a configuration variable for it.