Raspberry Pi - startup scripts

There are several methods to run programs, services and scripts at start when you boot the Raspberry Pi 4 B. For my MediaPlayer Box, i use the method over the .bashrc. After the automatic login to the console, a script is executed.

Run raspi-config for automatic login (Raspbian Jessie (Lite)) 

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo raspi-config
  • Manual setting:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/autologin.conf

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin pi --noclear %I 38400 linux

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo systemctl enable getty@tty1.service

1a. Create script file 

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ nano start_script.sh

kodi &
sleep 5
python KodiDisplayInfo/displayinfo.py &

1b. Make file executable 

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ chmod u+x start_script.sh

2. Edit .bashrc file

Add it to the END of file:

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ nano .bashrc

if [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then
./start_script.sh
fi

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