auto-start a program on boot

open a text document.

save it , onto the desktop as

startup.sh

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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)

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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

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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

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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 .