[PD] pd-extended 0.43.3/ raspberry pi (wheezy) - start patch on boot?

[Pierre Massat]

Hi Epic,

I got Pd running at startup on the RPi without modifying
/etc/init.d/pd-extended.
All I did is add a line in /etc/rc.local, something like 'pd -nogui
-audiobuf 100 -noadc /home/pi/mypatch.pd'

This will start Pd, without GUI, with a buffer big enough for the RPi,
without audio in (there's no capture on the RPi), and open the patch called
'mypatch.pd' in the home folder.

This should work a fresh Raspbian install. Pd will start without the user
having to login, nor start X.

There's also an alternate solution involving the cration of a bash script.
I described it here on my blog :
http://guitarextended.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/running-pd-on-a-headless-raspberry-pi/

Cheers,

Pierre.

PS : this is for Pd-vanilla, i've never tried pd-extended on the Pi.

2012/11/25 Epic Jefferson <jeffreyconcepcion at gmail.com>

> Hans:
>
> to make sure i had everything correct i started from scratch,
> i did everything you indicated including the exact patch location, still
> nothing.
> i added the auto login as suggested by Cyrille, nada.
>
> Cyrille:
> could you be more specific as to what i would replace the startx with?
> should i indicate the exact path as well?
>
> like so: su pi -c /home/pi/Desktop/whatever.pd
>
> i tested it with startx and it did not work anyway.
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Cyrille Henry <ch at chnry.net> wrote:
>
>> hello,
>>
>> to start a patch on a RPi, you can also follow this instruction :
>> http://elinux.org/RPi_Debian_**Auto_Login<http://elinux.org/RPi_Debian_Auto_Login>
>>
>> once autologin work, you can replace the startX by pd.
>>
>> works for me.
>> cheers
>> c
>>
>>
>> Le 25/11/2012 06:10, Epic Jefferson a écrit :
>>
>>> Charles:
>>>
>>> i found /etc/init.d/pd-extended and added
>>>
>>> su -c "pd whetever.pd" pi
>>>
>>> (am i supposed to specify the exact location of the patch?
>>>   /home/pi/Desktop/pd/whatever.**pd)
>>>
>>> then
>>> $ chmod a+x /etc/init.d/pd-extended
>>> $ update-rc.d pd-extended defaults 99
>>>
>>> i rebooted but no pd patch on startup
>>>
>>> Hans:
>>> i also tried editing /etc/default/pd-extended by un-commenting
>>> RUNPDDAEMON=yes
>>> DAEMON=/usr/bin/pd-extended
>>> and i set the patch location
>>> and the user: USER=pi
>>>
>>> still nothing on start up. perhaps there is a conflict between Charles'
>>> and Hans' instructions?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at<mailto:
>>> hans at at.or.at>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Nov 24, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Charles Goyard wrote:
>>>
>>>      > Epic Jefferson wrote:
>>>      >> i'd like to start a patch automatically upon booting. is there a
>>> file i can
>>>      >> edit to load a whatever.pd patch by the end of the start up
>>> sequence? GUI
>>>      >> is not required.
>>>      >
>>>      > Create a script named /etc/init.d/pdauto containing :
>>>      >
>>>      > #!/bin/sh
>>>      > su -c "pd mypatch.pd" your_username
>>>      >
>>>      > Make it executable : chmod a+x /etc/init.d/pdauto
>>>      >
>>>      > Then run :
>>>      > update-rc.d pdauto defaults 99
>>>      > to make it run at startup
>>>      >
>>>      > See 11.6 in
>>>      > http://www.debian.org/doc/**manuals/debian-faq/ch-**
>>> customizing.en.html<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-customizing.en.html>
>>>      > for more details.
>>>
>>>     Pd-extended Debian packages should install /etc/init.d/pd, otherwise
>>> you can get it from pure-data SVN: trunk/scripts/debian.
>>>
>>>     Edit /etc/default/pd to change the startup options.
>>>
>>>     .hc
>>>
>>>
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