Disable "Welcome to Raspberry Pi" setup wizard at system start

[f1sz]

Hello,
Is it possible the "Welcome to Raspberry Pi" setup wizard window at the system start?

I configure raspberry through SSH, and I don't want to plug mouse & keyboard every time, when I deploy new rPI. I've to set all settings (locale, keyboard settings, wifi region etc.) through raspi-config, but the window is still displaying.

[DougieLawson]

I've asked Simon to do this before. He wouldn't agree to it.

It's 100% illogical to ask for WiFi and ssh things when WiFi & ssh are already configured - but we have to live with it.

[jtommi]

Found the solution.
I took this filewatcher script from super : https://superuser.com/a/959040
I rewrote it a bit to look like this : https://gist.github.com/jtommi/3dcd9781 ... 7f2063241d

With this filewatcher I found that when you press Done on the last step, it deletes a file.
That file is /etc/xdg/autostart/piwiz.desktop
So if you want to get rid of it :

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sudo rm /etc/xdg/autostart/piwiz.desktop
sudo reboot now

If you want to immediately kill it without reboot :

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sudo kill $(ps aux | grep '[p]iwiz' | awk '{print $2}')

[n0rt0x]

Is there a way to manually launch this program at a later date in case you accidentally clicked it away?

[globiboulga666]

Hi,

I had the same problem, keeping this thing opening again at each start despite it's already configured is really frustrating. Why not just add a checkbox "do not show again" ?
Once checked, and clicked on "Cancel", a message saying "you can manually run this tool by typing sudo piwiz in a terminal." before closing the app.

[sapnho]

Thanks so much @jtommi ! Exactly what I was looking for.

[Wazburi]

So if you want to get rid of it :
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sudo rm /etc/xdg/autostart/piwiz.desktop
sudo reboot now

This information also helped me re-enable the piwiz configuration wizard after I clicked the "Cancel" button which also removes the wizard from the startup desktop permanently. -- (I use the 2019-07-10 image of Raspbian.)

If you want to restore the piwiz.desktop startup file from a newly flashed sd card in a USB card reader to your not-yet-configured Pi startup screen, the steps in terminal go like this:

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cd /media/pi/rootfs/etc/xdg/autostart

This changes the current directory to the location of piwiz.desktop in a NEWly flashed SD card in a USB port.

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sudo cp piwiz.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/piwiz.desktop

This command copies the piwiz.desktop file from new external card to the internal card needing the piwiz start-up configuration window again.

You can shutdown or reboot the Pi as many times as you want and the piwiz wizard window will continue to appear until you complete the configuration process and press the "Done" button,
Or until you press the "Cancel" button
Or until you manually remove the piwiz.desktop file with a terminal command.

Here is a screen capture of a file manager folder in a newly flashed Raspbian SD card , viewing the directory of a second SD card in a USB port. The original piwiz.desktop file is beautifully adorned with the Raspberry Pi icon. Nice!

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[izekube]

Beware of these tips... Followed your instruction to remove file and reboot (while update was running).
And now my Raspberry PI does not boot any longer...
So now it flashes 7 times indicating kernerl.img is missing.

Don't know what I did wrong, maybe I should have killed the update process first.

[Wazburi]

Beware of these tips... Followed your instruction to remove file and reboot (while update was running).
And now my Raspberry PI does not boot any longer...
So now it flashes 7 times indicating kernerl.img is missing.

Don't know what I did wrong, maybe I should have killed the update process first.

Condolence for dead or missing kernel.
Executing reboot in the midst of a system update or installation process is discouraged. Perhaps it would be best to allow these essential processes to complete?

I think the original poster wanted to remove the annoyance of having a configuration wizard run automatically on a newly flashed micro SD card when advance effort was performed to pre-configure the card for remote access. (Already configured, wizard not needed.)

Ordinarily, "piwiz.desktop" runs once for normal and beneficial first-time configuration with attached monitor/keyboard/mouse.

My purpose was the opposite of Original Poster. I wanted to restore the wizard for new users to practice or experience configuration via the wizard. The information from O.P. help me accomplish my unusual and non-normal repeating exercise which did not include terminal commands.

(Thanks for the cautionary tale of woe. Good luck on the redo.)

[DougieLawson]

Easiest way to get rid of it is sudo apt purge piwiz.

[rpdom]

Easiest way to get rid of it is sudo apt purge piwiz.

So, you run that after logging in for the first time when the wizzard runs?

[bensimmo]

Easiest way to get rid of it is sudo apt purge piwiz.

So, you run that after logging in for the first time when the wizzard runs?

f1sz (OP) sets up through SSH, so just does that at some point.
So the first boot to the Desktop will not be able to show it.