[Xastir] Start upon Bootup

[Lee Bengston]

I have auto-started programs in LXDE before by editing the following file:
(If the file is not there, it can be created new)

/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/startup

Then add a line such as

@/usr/local/bin/xastir

Use the actual location of the Xastir executable - or call a shell script
that launches Xastir.

It just dawned on me that the above might run as root, and if so, Ken's
method is better.

Lee - K5DAT


On Tue, Feb 5, 2019, 10:56 AM Ken Koster <n7ipb at wetnet.net wrote:

> On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 7:58:43 AM PST Jim Darrough wrote:
> > I've seen this mentioned a few times, but I need to get current and
> > appropriate input on how to start Xastir upon boot of the RPi.
>
> For a program like Xastir that has a GUI you need to edit the desktop
> autostart file.
>
> On the raspberry pi it's found at:  ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
>
> nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
> and add a line like this to the end.
>
> @xastir
>
> That should cause xastir to start up after the desktop is up.
>
> NOTE:   The vast majority of my RPi are all headless so I haven't tried
> this with
> Xastir but it is the standard way of autostarting applications on the
> desktop.
>
> Ken,  N7IPB
>
> > Also have a question on how to set transmit delay so that the
> > transceiver has time to develop power before the data stream starts. On
> > a KPC3+ this was done by setting TXD to 60. Not at all sure how to do
> > with RPi3/Pi-Tnc/Xastir.
> >
> > Thanks for any comments.
> >
> > 73 Jim Darrough, KI7AY EM25pd
>
>
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