[mdlug] Adding a shell script to run after boot.

[Adam Behnke]

fat32. yes

actually, the script works great via both a desktop launcher and terminal.
sleep did not help, in fact i had to delete the playlist to get the script
to write the found files on the usb into the playlist.

if i get it working, i'll post a little something on my website on how to
do your own menuboards with a tv and a linux box. i'm just stuck on how to
get it to autostart just after the auto login is complete and the system is
fully up. after this is set, i'm thinking of installing the openbox UI.
that way the breaks between the items in the playlist show a black screen
instead of the desktop


tldr version: running as user good, as autostartup fail.


On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com> wrote:

> The sleep wouldn't hurt.  What filesystem is on the USB drive?  Can you
> browse the files manually with a file manager when logged into the same
> account that the script is using?
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Adam Behnke <abehnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > googling my issue, should i add 'sleep 3' to the beginning my script?
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Adam Behnke <abehnke at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > ok, closer...
> > >
> > > xsessions error fail on the part of my script that looks for the
> content
> > > on usb drives, i think i have some fstab work lol.
> > >
> > > ** (xfce4-session:1331): WARNING **: Unable to launch
> > > "/usr/local/bin/video.sh" (specified by autostart/videowall-1.desktop):
> > > Failed to execute child process "/usr/local/bin/video.sh" (No such file
> > or
> > > directory)
> > > find: `/media/VIDWALL': Permission denied
> > > find: `/media/VIDWALL': Permission denied
> > > find: `/media/VIDWALL': Permission denied
> > > find: `/media/VIDWALL': Permission denied
> > > find: `/media/VIDWALL': Permission denied
> > >
> > >
> > > just to clear clear, here is the script inside
> > /usr/local/bin/videowall.sh
> > >
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > > echo "scanning drives and creating the playlist"
> > > find /media/* -type f -iname "*.mp4" > /home/$USER/playlist.txt
> > > find /media/* -type f -iname "*.avi" >> /home/$USER/playlist.txt
> > > find /media/* -type f -iname "*.mov" >> /home/$USER/playlist.txt
> > > find /media/* -type f -iname "*.mpg" >> /home/$USER/playlist.txt
> > > find /media/* -type f -iname "*.ogg" >> /home/$USER/playlist.txt
> > > echo "--------------------------"
> > > echo "launching playlist"
> > > mplayer -vo xv -fs -stop-xscreensaver -loop 0 -zoom -playlist
> > > /home/$USER/playlist.txt
> > >
> > >
> > > is this an fstab issue or an auto start config file issue?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sorry, the spec link was for menu structures, not menu file entries.
> >  This
> > >> is the correct one:
> > >> http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > You need an XDG/fdo menu entry (*.desktop) file in the
> > >> ~/.config/autostart
> > >> > directory.
> > >> >
> > >> > http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-1.0.html
> > >> >
> > >> > Create a file named "myvideoscript.desktop" or similar and add to
> it:
> > >> >
> > >> > [Desktop Entry]
> > >> > Encoding=UTF-8
> > >> > Icon=video-display
> > >> > Name=Autoplay videos
> > >> > Comment=Start videos
> > >> > Exec=/usr/local/bin/myscript
> > >> > Terminal=false
> > >> > Type=Application
> > >> > Categories=Video;
> > >> > StartupNotify=false
> > >> >
> > >> > Put your script in /usr/local/bin and make it executable.  Should
> > start
> > >> > automatically at login.  If it doesn't then check ~/.xsession-errors
> > for
> > >> > error messages.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Adam Behnke <abehnke at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Does anyone have advise on adding a script to run after boot. I'm
> > >> making
> > >> >> this script to play videos on a loop. I made a simple script and it
> > >> runs
> > >> >> great in terminal, but adding it to ubuntu sessions/startup does do
> > >> >> anything. Adding it to rc.local seems to fail on launching mplayer
> > >> before
> > >> >> the system if fully booted.
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