I am attempting to run a program that I made on startup on my Raberry Pi 2. It is running Debian (Jessie) but it doesn't seem to work. I tried following this guide: Debian: Running Scripts on StartUp and creating a system link but nothing seems to be working. The program works when I run it not on startup. Here's the code:
#!/bin/sh
#/etc/init.d/StartGRIP.sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: StartGRIP.sh
# Required-Start: $local_fs $network
# Required-Stop: $local_fs
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Starts GRIP Pipeline
# Description: During startup, runs below command and starts GRIP
### END INIT INFO
# Start processing
env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/pi/vision/grip:LD_LIBRARY_PATH java -jar...
The last command works so I didn't include the whole line as it is a long line.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Create a desktop entry for the program and place it in ~/.config/autostart
As an example that starts Safe Eyes program placing it as ~/.config/autostart/safeeyes.desktop.
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.9.4
Type=Application
Name=Safe Eyes
Comment=Protect your eyes from eye strain
Exec=safeeyes
OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false
Categories=Utility;
[Optional] Set the proper permission.
sudo chmod 644 /.config/autostart/[program-name].desktop
Alternative way:
sudo crontab -e
And add
@reboot file_you_want_to_run &