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Autostart JMRI PanelPro on a Raspberry Pi -- without launching two instances.
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autostart
# 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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jmri-runner.sh
#!/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
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Erik84750 commented Feb 11, 2023 •
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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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