acrobotic / Ai_Samples_RPi

Example code for using the Raspberry Pi 2 with various electronic and mechanical components.

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Add Console/GUI autostart instructions #4

Closed afraprie closed 9 years ago

afraprie commented 9 years ago

(1) Create autostart.sh in /home/pi/Desktop

FILE [autostart.sh]

!/bin/bash

NOTE: Script is called from /etc/rc.local

This is a comment

echo "AutoStart - Hello World"

NOTE: '$SHELL' returns control to the user - keeping console open

$SHELL

(2) Add another *.desktop file in '/home/pi/.config/autostart/

FILE [autostartsh.desktop] [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Terminal=false Exec=lxterminal --command "/home/pi/Desktop/autostart.sh"

lucasrangit commented 9 years ago

Thanks! I've incorporated the concept into the wiki at https://github.com/acrobotic/Ai_Demos_RPi/wiki#auto-start-console-program-in-a-gui-terminal . I've simplified it a bit so that they don't need to create that initial script that drops you to a shell. Cool trick but I think it's better if new users simply open a new terminal window. Advanced users such as yourself will know how to return to the shell from a script.