Yes.Have you read Thagrol's document?
All of it? Including the troubleshooting advice in section 9? 9.1.6 in particular.
I followed the auto start ".desktop" method since it said that fit my use case. My command was "lxterminal -e /home/path/to/script". I also found a "Execute in terminal" option in properties so I enabled that.
It still doesn't work, no terminal window on login and I don't think there was anything in the task manager. The script works for the most part if I run it manually: on the cd path command, the quotes are ignored but the script continues with errors. It uses inotifywait to watch a folder continuously so it stays open.
Until you find the error message being thrown all any of us can do is guess. More often than not guessing wastes everyone's time.
- Find and post the error message(s).
- Tell us what you called the .desktop file (it should be some-name.desktop not just .desktop)
- "I also found a "Execute in terminal" option in properties so I enabled that." Properties of what?
- Post the exact contents of your .desktop file. Do not change/redact anything (except your external IP address if it's in there). We don't have access to your PI and we need to see more than just the command.
Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Tue Dec 23, 2025 1:38 pm