Help with Chromium autostart

Creating a bug report/issue

I have searched the existing open and closed issues

Required Information

  • DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version - G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9
    G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=14
    G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=2
    G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
    G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’
  • Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN - bookworm 0
  • Kernel version | uname --all - Linux DietPi 6.12.25+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.25-1+rpt1 (2025-04-30) aarch64 GNU/Linux
  • Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture - arm64
  • SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3) - RPi 5 Model B (aarch64)
  • Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower) Geeek Pi 5V 3.6A
  • SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra) Kingston 32GB

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | (EG: Nextcloud)
  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated? - Freshly installed
  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi? - Yes
    ← If you sent a “dietpi-bugreport”, please paste the ID here →
  • Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID

Steps to reproduce

  1. Set Chromium to autostart through ‘dietpi-autostart’
  2. Change default URL to https://meet.google.com
  3. Sign in
  4. Join/attempt to join any meeting

Expected behaviour

  • It should pop-up with prompts to allow camera access etc.,
  • It should also show the video call UI with buttons for hanging up etc.

Actual behaviour

  • Launches black screen with no call UI and no pop-ups to enable access to camera or microphone

Extra details

For context, I’m looking for this device to boot directly to a chromium window and Google meet in order for it to be used as a video conferencing device in my office

It launches to Google meet fine, but there is no video call functionality whatsoever - I imagine there are prerequisite packages missing that I need to install and possibly settings that need changing but I’m very much a hobbyist and don’t have the skillset to troubleshoot an issue like this