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Expand Up @@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ If you don't have the BrainPack, you can skip this section.

### Screen Animation Service

To enable the screen animation service, install unclutter first to hide the mouse cursor:
To enable the screen animation service, install unclutter and `wmctrl`:

```bash
sudo apt install unclutter
sudo apt install unclutter wmctrl
```

Then, add the script to `/usr/local/bin/start-kiosk.sh` and make it executable:
Expand All @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ while ! nc -z $HOST $PORT; do
sleep 0.1
done

# Launch with autoplay permissions
exec chromium \
# Launch Chromium in background
chromium \
--kiosk http://$HOST:$PORT \
--start-fullscreen \
--disable-infobars \
Expand All @@ -43,7 +43,24 @@ exec chromium \
--no-first-run \
--disable-session-crashed-bubble \
--disable-translate \
--window-position=0,0
--window-position=0,0 &

CHROMIUM_PID=$!

# Wait for Chromium window to appear
sleep 3

# Force fullscreen using wmctrl (more reliable than --kiosk flag)
for i in {1..10}; do
if wmctrl -r "Chromium" -b add,fullscreen 2>/dev/null; then
echo "Fullscreen applied successfully"
break
fi
sleep 1
done

# Keep script running to maintain the service
wait $CHROMIUM_PID
```

Make it executable:
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