auto-start a program on boot

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NEW TECHNIQUE FOR NEWER VERSIONS OF OS

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for new versions of the os follow these instructions .Autostart works different on the newer releases.

this is for Bookworm on a RPi5.

Open the File Manager and select View -> Show Hidden.

You should see a .config folder. Change to that folder.

Right click on the list of files and select “New Folder”.

Enter “autostart” as the name.

Now you should have a “./.config/autostart” folder.

Create a file named “test.desktop” in the “./.config/autostart” folder.

In it type……

Type=Application

Name=Chromium

Exec=chromium

Terminal=false “

Set the file permissions on test.desktop file as “executable by anyone”

Reboot.

Edit: You can move or copy a desktop file from your /Desktop folder,

If it runs there when you double click it, it will autostart in the “./.config/autostart” folder.

BELOW IS THE OLD WAY

open a text document.

save it , onto the desktop as

startup.sh

then open terminal and type in (really important this)

sudo chmod 755 /home/pi/Desktop/startup.sh

sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

then right at the bottom add

@/home/pi/Desktop/startup.sh

then exit and save (ctlt x , y , return)

this will now open this file every time the computers boots up.

to get it to do something open startup.sh in text editor and type

sleep 2

pd /home/pi/Desktop/pdtest.pd

then save it

now if we test this by opening this file by double clicking then choosing Execute

it waits for 2 seconds, then opens Pd with the patch pdtest.pd, which is found at /home/pi/Desktop/pdtest.pd

if we don’t want this to happen every time the pi boots up, rename the startip.sh file to something else, this file can also be modified to open any application or process .