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I am trying to launch a script after a user has loged into the computer using the GUI. This script requires user input through the terminal. I have tried the following

.desktop file in ~/.config/autostart --> Does not work

When using this the output is not the same as that of the script running in the terminal. It closes the opened applications and vpn breaks the network connection. Neither of these occurr using the normal terminal.

My desktop enviroment is xubuntu version 20.04.


#!/bin/bash

echo "........ Start Up Script ........."
echo "sudo priveledges necessary for VPN"


#Connect VPN to Server in Czech Republic
sudo protonvpn c --cc CZ


#Prompt To Mount Encrypted Files
read -p 'Mount Encrypted Files? [ y/n ] ' encryptedmount
case $encryptedmount in
    [Yy]* ) veracrypt -t -k "" --pim=0 --protect-hidden=no /media/peterthegreat/Main_Data/Files /media/veracrypt1; break;;
    [Nn]* ) ;;
esac


Prompt To Update Packages


read -p 'Upgrade and Update System? [ y/n ] ' upgradeandupdate
case $upgradeandupdate in
    [Yy]* ) apt-get update && apt-get upgrade; break;;
    [Nn]* ) ;;
esac


#Prompt to Open Tilix
read -p 'Open Tilix? [ y/n ] ' til
case $til in
    [Yy]* ) cd /home/peterthegreat; tilix --session=~/Documents/Start_Up/TilixSetup.json -e &;;
    [Nn]* ) ;;
esac
disown %1


#Prompt to Open Firefox
read -p 'Open Firefox? [ y/n ] ' firefox
case $firefox in
    [Yy]* ) firefox &;;
    [Nn]* ) ;;
esac
disown %1


echo "....... Done ......."

Thanks

Billy Case
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Have a look at .desktop file spec -- its not expecting a bash script.

Your .desktop file needs to look something like

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=<path to your bash script>
Terminal=True
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
NoDisplay=false
Hidden=false
Name[en_GB]=VPN
Comment[en_GB]=Creates a VPN
X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=9

where "path to your bash script" points to the script that you show in the question (probably best saved in /usr/local/bin)

Nick Sillito
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