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

[Adam Behnke]

i'm starting to see my issue, it's timing. i should make it mount whatever
usb drives are present before it searches for the content. to google.... lol


On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Adam Behnke <abehnke at gmail.com> wrote:

> i have the box auto-login as the user i created. it's actually xubuntu,
> but i'll try gnome-session-properties.
>
> reading up on it, i think the #!/bin/bash -l might do the trick
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Mat Enders <mat.enders at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Try modifying the shell line to add a -l (that is a lower case L).
>>
>>
>> #!/bin/bash -l
>>
>> The -l argument specifies a login shell. If your usual login sets a lot of
>> environment variables this can quickly solve a multitude of strange
>> problems.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <
>> awilliam at whitemice.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, 2013-04-14 at 12:01 -0400, Adam Behnke wrote:
>> > > 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.
>> >
>> > Because user apps need a user session to operate normally.
>> >
>> > 1.) Set the box to auto-login as a guest user [or some user].
>> > 2.) Run gnome-session-properties and add the script as a "Startup
>> > program".
>> >
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