[PD] respawn PD with gui in Debian

[Oli44]

helllo,

if your desktop supports the freedesktop spec  (LXDE, Gnome...), you 
just have to add a *.desktop entry in the ~/.config/autostart folder.

A .desktop looks like this (though you could refine/simplify it):

[Desktop Entry]
Name=mypdlauncher
Exec=/bin/sh /home/pduser/pd-daemon.sh
Terminal=true

I read somewhere, although I've never tested it that you can add a @ in 
front of the .desktop entry to have restarted if it crashes.


Bart Koppe wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> I would like the script to be respawnd, in the rare case the script 
> might crash. Afaik putting it in .xsessions only cares of starting the 
> script, right?
>
> Chrs,
> bart
>
>
> On 02/17/2010 04:35 AM, B. Bogart wrote:
>> Hey Bart,
>>
>> Put the PD startup stuff in your ~/.xsession, and configure your 
>> display manager to use xsession. (eg chosee 'Xclient script' in GDM)
>>
>> .b.
>> Bart Koppe wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I use PD-extended in Debian Lenny, this for a small media-installation.
>>> After the pc boots and logged into X, i would like pd (with gui) to 
>>> start automatically.
>>> I made the script below and wanted to use that in /etc/inittab. It 
>>> seems to start as root and does not show a gui either.
>>>
>>> The script itself works perfectly ok when I run it myself.
>>> How can I configure inittab correctly so it runs as user instead of 
>>> root, and shows the gui to?
>>>
>>>
>>> My current inittab entry [to say: I don't know anything about 
>>> inittab (blush) ]
>>> TY:23:respawn:/home/abortx/pd-daemon.sh
>>>
>>> the script (pd-daemon.sh)
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> RUNNING=
>>> export DISPLAY=:0.0
>>> pd -open /home/abortx/pd/pdp-gem-bridge-3.pd &
>>> while true; do
>>> RUNNING=`pidof pd`
>>> if [ -z $RUNNING ]; then
>>> pd -open /home/abortx/pd/pdp-gem-bridge-3.pd &
>>> fi
>>> sleep 10
>>> done
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Bart
>>>
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