Struggeling with autostart up

[FrozoneAirPol]

Hello,

Thanks for the awesome program.

I have raspbian Buster installed (10)

I'm trying to set up the autostart, but it's not working.

Steps followed
this will function only if you have set 'boot to desktop' using raspi-config.
Done

The directory .config is already present in the image but you will need to select 'Show Hidden Files' in the File Manager to see it.
Found

For later Stretch versions the autostart file:/home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostartdoes not exist so it, or its contents, needs to be copied from the file:/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart then edit the file/home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
If I'm getting it right: I went to the /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart file, copied it to /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/ that I created myself

Add the following line below the last line to start Pi Presents with the required options:/usr/bin/python /home/pi/pipresents/pipresents.py -o /home/pi -p myprofileNote: the file is not a standard .sh file. The leading @ is not required, it means restart the process should it fail.

Added a functional command-line in the at the bottom of the copied autostart file in /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/

Nothing is happening at start up, looks normal to me that the system is not looking for that autostart file, because I never told him to check that file.

Thanks in advance if you have some ideas for me.

[KenT2]

Nothing is happening at start up, looks normal to me that the system is not looking for that autostart file, because I never told him to check that file.
It's not that. RPi OS will use the autostart file if it is there.

Just checking a couple of points:

• Does the functional command line in the autostart file have the full paths of all the files as in the instructions?.
• Have you changed the profile to from myprofile to yours?

If you could attach the autostart file that would be good.

[FrozoneAirPol]

Hi Ken,

so the file autostart in /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi contains
@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi @xscreensaver -no-splash /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pipresents/pipresents.py -o /home/pi -p video_loop -f

And the file autostart in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi
@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi @xscreensaver -no-splash

The command line
/usr/bin/python /home/pi/pipresents/pipresents.py -o /home/pi -p video_loop -f
works when used in the terminal. With video_loop being a folder in /home/pi/pp_home/pp_profiles/video_loop

Thanks,

[KenT2]

That all looks fine.
Just one other check, run the validate option from the web_editor just to be sure.
Next step is to get the debug output from running pipresents at start up
You need to use the script /pipresents/debug_autostart.sh - make it executable from the permissions context menu in FileManager
Edit debug_autostart.sh for your profile, remove -f and add -d options
To call the script from autostart replace the call of pipresents with the following line
/home/pi/pipresents/debug_autostart.sh
The terminal output will now be in the file /pipresents/pp_logs/pp_autostart.txt

[FrozoneAirPol]

Hi Ken,

First there were still some errors my profile, so good to know the validate option.

After solving the errors, tried again and didn't worked.

Then I ran the debug and now it's working with the same command line and now it's working.

Thanks a lot