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Low memory error popup on Pi Zero 2 W prevents boot#672

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@mhowe91 mhowe91 commented Sep 9, 2025

When loading FullpageOS on a Pi Zero 2 W (512MB) RAM, an error dialog pops up on boot saying it is not recommended to run Chromium on less than 1GB RAM.
This error dialog prevents the completion of the boot process until you connect a mouse to click OK. This wouldn't be ideal for my clients when they reboot their displays and have no knowledge of Pi's and cannot load their marketing screens.

This Chromium flag prevents the memory check, and the FullpageOS system boots properly on low memory Pi's without needing to connect peripherals to clear the error.

…at stops boot process until a mouse is connected to clear error
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guysoft commented Sep 11, 2025

Merged.
I am not sure if the pi would actually be able to load most websites. But if its a website you tailored for it, it should work.

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Thanks so much for this - exactly what I was needing! Can you drop a build for it please that I can download?
Also wondering about persistent cursor - not sure where to code that out.
Thanks!

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guysoft commented Sep 28, 2025

Started a new nightly builds, lets see if it passes

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Thanks - not showing on https://unofficialpi.org/Distros/FullPageOS/nightly/ yet

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guysoft commented Sep 29, 2025

Had some CI/cd issue, re-ran

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IMG_4479
Error message still blocking autostart unfortunately.

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mhowe91 commented Sep 29, 2025

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I'm not sure if the change is in the build or not yet, but if you want to manually add this change just SSH into your pi, edit the start_chromium_browser script, and add --no-memcheck to the list of flags.

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guysoft commented Oct 5, 2025

The recent RpiOS based on Debian Trixie broke the CI. Fixing that so we get a new build.

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guysoft commented Oct 7, 2025

Build passes now. Some changes due to trixe. Will also push the code out when I am next to a computer

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