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[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 98 points 22 hours 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.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 49 points 21 hours ago

And environment

DISPLAY and PATH in particular.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 27 points 19 hours 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.xyz 20 points 20 hours 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 points 20 hours ago

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

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 20 hours ago

Cinnamon.

Which config file?

[-] ogeist@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours 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.xyz 2 points 19 hours 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.