Instead of forcing the homepage to be linux splash, force the startup action ...

chrome/browser/browser_main.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "build/build_config.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "app/l10n_util.h"
 #include "app/resource_bundle.h"
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 // TODO(port): get rid of this include. It's used just to provide declarations
 // and stub definitions for classes we encouter during the porting effort.
 #include "chrome/common/temp_scaffolding_stubs.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #endif
 
 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
 #include "chrome/app/breakpad_linux.h"
+// TODO(estade): remove this when the linux splash is removed.
+#include "chrome/browser/session_startup_pref.h"
 #endif
 
 // TODO(port): several win-only methods have been pulled out of this, but
 // BrowserMain() as a whole needs to be broken apart so that it's usable by
 // other platforms. For now, it's just a stub. This is a serious work in
 // progress and should not be taken as an indication of a real refactoring.
 
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <commctrl.h>
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 #endif  // defined(OS_WIN) || defined(OS_LINUX)
   }
 
   PrefService* user_prefs = profile->GetPrefs();
   DCHECK(user_prefs);
 
   // Now that local state and user prefs have been loaded, make the two pref
   // services aware of all our preferences.
   browser::RegisterAllPrefs(user_prefs, local_state);
 
+#if defined(OS_LINUX)
+  // TODO(port): Remove ifdef when the Linux splash page is not needed.
+  SessionStartupPref startup_pref =
+      SessionStartupPref(SessionStartupPref::URLS);
+  startup_pref.urls.push_back(GURL("about:linux-splash"));
+  SessionStartupPref::SetStartupPref(profile, startup_pref);
+#endif
+
   // Now that all preferences have been registered, set the install date
   // for the uninstall metrics if this is our first run. This only actually
   // gets used if the user has metrics reporting enabled at uninstall time.
   int64 install_date =
       local_state->GetInt64(prefs::kUninstallMetricsInstallDate);
   if (install_date == 0) {
     local_state->SetInt64(prefs::kUninstallMetricsInstallDate,
                           base::Time::Now().ToTimeT());
   }
 
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   if (metrics)
     metrics->Stop();
 
   // browser_shutdown takes care of deleting browser_process, so we need to
   // release it.
   browser_process.release();
   browser_shutdown::Shutdown();
 
   return result_code;
 }