Unable to run my script to run at startup (SOLVED)

[m63k]

I am trying to run my script at startup to fix my screen tearing. The full script is:

#!/bin/bash
nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode=“DFP-1:nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On }”

Anyway, I can run it via the terminal by running sh /home/startUp/killScrnTear.sh, but I can’t figure out how to add it to my startup applications and have it work. I have tried the following as the commands in startup applications: sh /home/startUp/killScrnTear.sh, /home/startUp/killScrnTear.sh, and killScrnTear.sh. None of these seem to work after a restart. I am on a laptop with both intel and nvidia graphics. The only way this works is if I run this script from the terminal when connected to an external monitor. This script works great from the terminal, but any other way I have tried doesn’t seem to work. This script doesn’t fix my screen tearing on the laptop screen, I still get the horizontal wrinkle when scrolling fast on webpages and in videos when I am running NVidia Graphics. Suggestions on how to get this script to run from startup applications or fix this screen tearing once and for all would be great. Thanks in advance.

[Bill_MI]

Hi @m63k, I always suggest a universal startup file - perhaps a delay will help. If it runs ok in a terminal, say 5 seconds after booting, this should act the same.

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[steven]

You beat me to that one @Bill_MI

I actually run one command at startup by adding it directly to Startup Applications Preferences.

This makes my display look better.

[sgage]

I run startup scripts at login with

/bin/bash /home/username/scriptname.sh

Always worked for me.

[sgage]

Shouldn’t the first line be #!/bin/bash?