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How do I get Raspberry Pi to boot directly into browser?

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http://stackoverflow.com – I have put the following line in my /etc/bash.bashrc file: chromium--kiosk www.bbc.co.uk However I then get an error at start up: "(chromium:2100): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:" If I set the Pi to boot into OS at startup it chromium never appears but if I start a terminal window it suddenly opens chromium in kiosk mode and with the specified web page! What am I doing wrong? (HowTos)

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Submitted by linuxletgo on 01/14/2013

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Confusing subject perhaps, but hard to describe in one line :)

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