Execute bash script after startup

[thepete]

Hi forum,

I have a bash script that adds a custom resolution to my monitor. (77hz instead of 60hz)
however I added it to settings-autostart but I won’t start after the pc boots. I know the script works because I can still just right click and execute it manually.

#!/bin/bash
xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_77.00" 227.00  1920 2064 2264 2608  1080 1083 1088 1131 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode HDMI-A-0 1920x1080_77.00

Is there anything I can change or add here to make it start after boot?
thank you!

P.S.: I found a similar problem, but this guy’s solution didn’t work for me.
Bonus question: will xrandr (and this script) still work if I change to wayland in the future?

[bogdancovaciu]

Hello,

Might want to see this

Can't run script on system startup (Manjaro KDE)

I would propose a different approach. Add the script to /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/. Make sure that it has an appropriate number (which will determine its order in the list) in its filename ─ e.g. 90-fusuma.sh ─ and that it is root-owned and has execute permission. Also, make sure that your script contains the full path to where the executable fusuma is located, e.g. … #!/usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/fusuma -d

And no, xrandr will not work under wayland.
If you need the script to start later, place
sleep 5
above the main command, and that will delay it 5 seconds with my example.

Or create a desktop file as mentioned here

What am I doing wrong with my .appimage Desktop Entry?

Know I could just use AppImageLuncher. But trying to learn as much as I can. [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=SuperSlicer Comment=SuperSlicer Icon=/home/pigeon/Applications/SuperSlicer/superslicer.png Exec=/home/pigeon/Applications/SuperSlicer/SuperSlicer-ubuntu_18.04-2.3.56.6b_8d1d9768a61d9c423270db9de1b32b2a.appimage Terminal=false Categories=Graphics But, it’s not showing up in my application at all, let alone Graphics. [image]

and add it to ~/.config/autostart/
or maybe the sh script file directly to ~/.config/autostart-scripts/ but i can’t guarantee … never used that ever.

[thepete]

Hey thanks so much, I didn’t such a good answer.
As I am not really good with scripts in general and because it took me ages to figure out how to create custom resolutions, this will be my weekend project.
But I will let you know if it worked, you have given me plenty of options, thanks for that!