AI Camera - IMX500 • Re: run shell script in booting up

Here comes a good reference:
https://raspberrytips.com/autostart-a-program-on-boot/

Thank you ALL and let's close this topic.

That's not a "good reference". For many reasons:

• init.d is deprecated and should not be used
• So is rc.local and according to at least one report was removed in the November release of RPiOS
• It's lacking details.
• It fails to explain why some things are necessary e.g. "Don’t forget the ampersand(&) symbol at the end, or it might not work!". doesn't explain what the & does.
• It has you creating a custom systemd service in the wrong place. It should be in /etc/systemd/system not /lib/systemd/system/
• "Type=idle" is not appropriate for all services.
• Neither is "After=multi-user.target" and "Wants=multi-user.target"
• Does not cover starting desktop/gui applications.
• No mention of the significant differences between running from cron, rc.local, or systemd and running under a logged in shell.
• No troubleshooting advice. So, as you have found out, when it doesn't work or works in a way you didn't expect you're on your own.
• ...

It is fairly typical though. It's an I did this and it worked guide that's probably based on limited understanding of information gleaned from another I did this and it worked guide found elsewhere online which itself was based on ...

But I'm biased.

Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:20 pm

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