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Created August 15, 2018 01:53
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Autostart JMRI PanelPro on a Raspberry Pi -- without launching two instances.
# Full path: /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
@xset s off
@xset -dpms
@xset s noblank
@/home/pi/jmri-runner.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Full path: /home/pi/jmri-runner.sh
# Sleep to hopefully wait until the window manager is fully started.
# Added because I would sometimes start up the RPi and find that PanelPro was running,
# but not visible in the window manager. Maybe there is a better way?
sleep 10
lock=/tmp/jmri-runner.lock
flock --nonblock $lock ~/JMRI/PanelPro
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "PanelPro is already running. $lock is locked."
exit 1
fi
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Erik84750 commented Feb 11, 2023

Even with 20 seconds delay the program (PanelPro) does not show up on the desktop even though the Taskmanager shows it running.
What to do?

EDIT: I have TightVNC server running from startup. Could that be the reason for not showing on a hdmi-connected monitor?

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