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    Autostarts but doesn't run, will run on restart

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      sdetweil @ember1205
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      @ember1205 yes… I see that too…

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        ember1205 @sdetweil
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        It almost seems like the X desktop isn’t fully initialized when the pgrep command executes and it isn’t collecting info on the process as a result. The restart NEVER happens until X is fully initialized which means that it -can- collect info on the process from a restart or stop/start.

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          sdetweil @ember1205
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          @ember1205 yes. I am looking for a resolution…

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            ember1205 @sdetweil
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            I just edited the run-start.sh script and inserted a ten second sleep before the pgrep command. It’s a bit “extreme”, but should hopefully demonstrate if that’s the issue.

            WIthout the sleep, not detecting X simply moves on to a different test instead of trying again at least once before moving on.

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              sdetweil @ember1205
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              @ember1205 yes, adding a sleep would ‘fix’ it

              if only we knew how LONG to sleep… working on it…

              if X is not running then we just launch serveronly and don’t look at its output

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                sdetweil @sdetweil
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                @sdetweil try 1 second… sleep 1

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                  ember1205 @sdetweil
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                  Sleep 10 allows the browser to correctly launch. I will drop to 1 second and validate that it will work or not (if not, I will tweak and tune).

                  Even with the sleep function ensuring that it allows X to finish initializing, chromium does not start correctly unless I wipe the ~/.config/chromium directory when I shut down.

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                    sdetweil @ember1205
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                    @ember1205 people are constantly fiddling with stuff, you never know what you’re gonna get anymore.

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                      ember1205 @sdetweil
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                      Would there be more value in coding in a check for to see if it’s Raspbian or possibly even bullseye and adding a two second sleep if there is?

                      raspberry_pi=$(grep ID /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=)
                      if [ "$raspberry_pi." == "raspbian" ] ; then
                         sleep 2
                      fi
                      xorg=$(pgrep Xorg)
                      

                      Maybe there’s a better string to search for, but it might be a stop-gap that would help?

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                        sdetweil @ember1205
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                        @ember1205 i don’t think thats right… as we could have the same problem on any other system…

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