• 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
    104·
    2 days ago

    I’ve found out the hard way: Running the script during startup, and running it using the proper user authorization, are two different things.

      • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
        31·
        2 days ago

        You’re right and I’m dumb. I forgot to absolute-ify one of the paths, which caused the script to be dependent on my user environment, which isn’t loaded by the desktop file.

      • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        Knowing that the environment is finicky, I made sure to only use absolute paths to all files and executables.

        But thanks for the hint.

        • ogeist@lemmy.world
          6·
          2 days ago

          What are you using as a Desktop Environment? Certain with DEs the Autostart programs need to be added in the config file.

            • ogeist@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 days ago

              According to the Arch Wiki you need to place the .desktop file in:

              ~/.config/autostart/*****.desktop

              You also need to add the following line to the .desktop file:

              X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true

              But that’s probably the hard way to do it, I think the settings panel should also have a Startup Application tab.

              • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
                2·
                2 days ago

                Thanks for looking that up. That’s where my desktop file is located. And it has the X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true line. The settings panel does have a Startup Application tab, and that’s what I used. It created the .desktop file in the appropriate location.

                • ogeist@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  2 days ago

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                  Check your journald and/or make your script log it’s actions.

                  Script > ~/script.log
                  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
                    3·
                    2 days ago

                    Thank for your help. Upon looking at it again I noticed the one filepath that relied on my profile being loaded. Corrected that. Works now.

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