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August 15, 2018 01:53
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Autostart JMRI PanelPro on a Raspberry Pi -- without launching two instances.
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# Full path: /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart | |
@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi | |
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi | |
@xset s off | |
@xset -dpms | |
@xset s noblank | |
@/home/pi/jmri-runner.sh |
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Full path: /home/pi/jmri-runner.sh | |
# Sleep to hopefully wait until the window manager is fully started. | |
# Added because I would sometimes start up the RPi and find that PanelPro was running, | |
# but not visible in the window manager. Maybe there is a better way? | |
sleep 10 | |
lock=/tmp/jmri-runner.lock | |
flock --nonblock $lock ~/JMRI/PanelPro | |
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then | |
echo "PanelPro is already running. $lock is locked." | |
exit 1 | |
fi |
Even with 20 seconds delay the program (PanelPro) does not show up on the desktop even though the Taskmanager shows it running.
What to do?
EDIT: I have TightVNC server running from startup. Could that be the reason for not showing on a hdmi-connected monitor?
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Does not seem to run on my setup (Rpi4B with Buster, updated and upgraded), Java 11.0.16, headless with TightVNC
Please help?
EDIT: according to https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=294014 the autostart feature (system) for Buster resides in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/ but when editing the autostart file already present there with the commands shown here, there still is no autostart of PanelPro
EDIT 2: and when creating the /home/pi/.config/lxsession folder and associated files, with the updated autostart file, still no PanelPro autostart.
EDIT 3: jmri-runner.sh must be made executable. When done now PanelPro autostarts.
I think issue is solved.