Hass.io addon x server app like chrome (docker command -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY)

[lpt2007]

It is possible to develope hass.io addon to show chrome app on host screen (raspberry pi 3 + hdmi)?

[anon34565116]

Hassio / HassOs is designed to be very small. On a Raspberry Pi you can install Raspian and install hassio on that. You would then have the desktop for your hdmi.

You basically follow the Linux install instructions, except you need to tell the hassio installer your machine type.

I am currently running hassio on Raspian Lite on by RPi.

[lpt2007]

I don’t need whole raspbian desktop. I just need chrome browser to start/stop some web page on it when I need to show some information from hass on my hdmi display. Because of that I wanna develop hass.io addon on hassos rpi image.

I look in addon developing documentation and I didn’t find right key to open x display on addon start.

I know that can be done with docker look that yt video and jess github link.

It must be possible with hass.io addon because they are docker containers.

[nickrout]

You’ll need to look carefully at the structure of hassio addons and develop it.

You perhaps though kinda misunderstand the concept - a network attached device can simply use a web browser on another computer. If you want to deal direct with hassio, use ssh.

[lpt2007]

I know that, but I think this will be good enhancement for HA.

I seek a way to show HA dashboard or some web page on touch monitor connected directly to hdmi port of hassos host (in my case raspberry pi 3 SCB).

If I accomplished that, then I can automate start/stop of multiple docker container with different stuff to show. (dashboard, clock, photo frame, push notification, media player, …).

[nickrout]

Don’t use hassio then. If you are running a pi, use hassbian.

[lpt2007]

Why not? Where is limitation of hassio?

[nickrout]

It is just not designed to run X. Whereas with hassbian you can just use apt-get.

[lpt2007]

Is not designet or can run x?

Hassos is based on buildroot.

I think buildroot can run x. LINK

[nickrout]

Yes but far easier to use apt-get.

If you want to go the hard way, by all means do so, no doubt your work will prove useful to someone

[anon34565116]

There would not be enough demand for the developers to include it in HassOS.
They might be interested in accepting your code submission if you get it working, though

[lpt2007]

Shame. I already made addon for KODI with GUI. Addon is in early stage but works great.

If someone wanna try here is LINK

[drakut (Aleksandr)]

I have exactly the same need - to connect the touchscreen to the assos without a docker, but my 3-day search has not led to anything yet:

Hass.io video output?

So I setup Hass.io on my raspberry pi (2) which has the officially raspberry pi display hooked up to it. upon booting up I get to see the HA logo for a while and then the screen goes to sleep. from any PC on the network I can hit my instance and see/use Hass.io. It would be neat however, if I could see my Hass.io instance on the pi display as well. I am not sure how this would work, but it was just a thought. It could be surer useful.

Home assistant with screen?

Hi everyone, I’m new to this world. I wanted to install home assistant on my raspberry pi, but wanting to connect a touchscreen monitor I wanted to understand if I could use home assistant directly from him, or if necessarily from a remote desktop. Thank you

HassOS boot to GUI?

Hi, i have installed Hass.io with HassOS on my Pi3 and a touch screen is connected to my Pi3 via HDMI. Is it possible for HassOS to automatically start a GUI that is then displayed directly on the touch screen without having to access from another device via the browser? So I want HassOS not to show me the shell, but to start a GUI where i can control me lights, heating and so on. thx

Home assistant with GUI and touch screen on a raspberry pi

Hello. I would Like to install Home Assistant on a raspberry pi 3 with a GUI (web GUI is ok) and a touch screen on the raspberry itself. Which method is the most appropriate for installing that? I tried hassos, but it doesn’t seem to expose a GUI on the raspberry server.

Wall mounted touchscreen

That just the monitor. iiyama t2234mc Jkw

HA Dashboard using touchscreen display

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Run a Browser on HASS.OS

As a newbie to HA i was wondering why there is no Option to ‘run’ homeassistant on the Device where i installed it. Would it be possible to run a browser to access it? (maybe somebody else will attach it to a TV or Monitor for Information purposes without the need of another Device just to run a browser)

[nickrout]

Stop tilting at windmills. HassOS is designed to be an appliance without an attached screen (except the occasional need for a commandline terminal, which is supported).

If you want to attach a screen for GUI purposes, go for another install method.

[puterboy]

No windmills here…

I wrote a HA addon that bundles X window system, Openbox window manager and Luakit browser to launch (and login to) HA dashboard.

It’s all very simple and lightweight – and at least on a RPi5, it doesn’t at all load down the system. And it’s quite fast since it doesn’t need to send data over your LAN.

It’s fully functioning though I continue to work on refining it so it is a work in progress.

See details in https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ha-kiosk-on-rpi5-running-haos/849371

As an aside, not sure why so many people have been “negative” about this use case – it seems perfectly natural and even obvious to me to have a display attached to the actual device running HAOS – even if just to check status. Plus, why spin up a whole new device when you can just access the display directly on the HAOS server.