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      ember1205 @sdetweil
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      I’m seeing a discrepancy where on boot it’s collecting xorg= blank versus xorg=755 on a stop/start after boot.

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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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