Do not run a bash from the startup applications

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Hi,

I have made a bash that starts Chromium to a URL and full screen, if I run the bash from the terminal it works fine, but if I put it in application start it does not run.

I leave a sample of the code:

#!/bin/bash
chromium-browser --user-data-dir=test --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check --kiosk http://google.com

You may have to indicate that it runs from the end, with terminal-mate e ??

thank you very much for your help

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If you are running the bash from a terminal and it works fine but not when you run it at startup, it may be as a consequence of a "race condition". A race condition is where some things get missed due to too many thing trying to start at the same time at startup. One solution to this is to insert a sleep command into your bash to delay it slightly. For example:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 5
chromium-browser --user-data-dir=test --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check --kiosk http://google.com
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There is a built-in "Delay" option for startup programs in the startup applications preferences when you press on edit. I think it would be better to use that in case you want to run the bash script after startup and don't want to wait.

4

Hi,

thank you very much for your help. In the end I managed to execute it by adding in the moderated command to start applications.

mate-terminal -e

Now it works correctly

Thank you very much

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