FullPageOS 0.14.0 RC1 status

[guysoft]

FullPageOS 0.14.0 first release candidate.

Its been a while since the last release, mostly due to having a new baby daughter, and lots of work in my job.
Also Debian Bookworm introduced changes that needed to be addressed.

I am working on CustomPiOS v2, the library that builds FullPageOS. you can follow its work here: guysoft/CustomPiOS#214

Something that would help debugging:
There were a few reports of blank screens when booting. And it was hard to determine for people if its the HDMI screen not loading or the browser not starting. So I have added a desktop background. If the screen does not start you should see a blank screen, however, if the screen does start, but the browser does not start, you should see the FullPageOS logo, with a cursor.

Features:

• Chromium Version 122.0.6261.89
• RpiOS 2024-03-15
• Debian bookworm
• Support for Raspberypi 5
• Add desktop background, Fixes [feature] Add desktop background on boot so if stuff gets stuck because of no internet its not just a blank screen #535
• You can change the username from pi and FullPageOS will not break. This is because:
  • The /home/pi/scripts moved to /opt/custompios/scripts to accommodate the bookworm changes. There is a symlink in place Autologin breaks when changing in rpi imager the user to anything other than pi #525 Moving scripts from /home/pi/scripts to /opt/custompios/scripts CustomPiOS#218 update for Raspberry PI 5 (Bookworm) #498
• Page refresh update (Page refresh update #526)
• Added user agent for browser check Add user-agent (curl) #495
• Disable google translate popup Disable Google-Translate-Popup #478

Download

https://unofficialpi.org/Distros/FullPageOS/nightly/2024-03-31_2024-03-15-fullpageos-bookworm-armhf-lite-0.14.0.zip
md5: e0591faa3a165418dd2845624d2044fd

It can also be download form the Rpi-Imager until we release a new RC or new image altogether.

no-acceleration variant

https://unofficialpi.org/Distros/FullPageOS/no-acceleration/nightly/2024-03-31_2024-03-15-fullpageos-no-acceleration-bookworm-armhf-lite-0.14.0.zip
md5: 0e5c6b681ef4561672d801053c7ad247

[guysoft]

Possible blocker: #533 user did not flash correctly

[csabal]

Testing! Works great so far! Thank you very much for your effort!!!!!!

[felipog]

Thanks for your efforts into this, saves me a lot of time!
Also, congratz on you daugther! I hope she is healthy and happy!

[felipog]

Currently testing on an Rpi 2, 3 and 4.
So far so good, no errors. But previous version would have blank screen on the 4th day or something. So I let you know.
Cheers

[Vetal7979]

Hello, i test this version and found problem:
#538

[guysoft]

Want to confirm this is not an issue too:
#521 (comment)

[csabal]

Definitely an issue, see: (wpa_supplicant.txt config does not work anymore)
raspberrypi/bookworm-feedback#72

[AlfaOmega777]

Hi, i've just tried this and it can't even start properly. The display looks twisted

https://i.stack.imgur.com/76CRX.png

fresh install Raspberry pi 3b+, any clue?

[guysoft]

@AlfaOmega777 I have no idea how you managed to do that - did you try normal Rpi OS?

[salpoosi]

@guysoft There are no issues with DISPLAY_ORIENTATION in this version, which has an issue tracking it here: #561
But this version has issues playing embedded videos using HDMI. I will report on it in a separate thread later.

[guysoft]

This is the only blocker I have for now (thanks @csabal for bringing it up) :
guysoft/CustomPiOS#219

I am not sure if to release with this, or add a fix first and have RC2. If anyone has input it would help

[guysoft]

There is a fix for the gui module so rpi-imager can flash the image for different users. I have a fix so expect RC2. Regarding guysoft/CustomPiOS#219 will see if I manage to do something about it, its a general Rpi issue.