service startup sequence

Jerry3904 · 2014-12-21 15:24:38

Because volumeicon is so handy, we would like to use it with PulseAudio, but the only way that seems to work consistently is when volumeicon is started after PA. We can do that by creating a script:

#!/bin/bash

pulseaudio --start
sleep 2
volumeicon &
exit 0

Then that is added to Session and Startup > Application Autostart, and the volumeicon autostart entry needs to be unchecked. But we wonder if there is a native/better method of doing that? It does not look like the entries in Application Autostart are in launch order.

MountainDewManiac · 2014-12-21 16:08:05

Jerry3904 wrote:

It does not look like the entries in Application Autostart are in launch order.

That seems like a... Well, if not a bug, certainly an "anti-feature" .

Regards,
MDM

sixsixfive · 2014-12-21 16:20:09

well not sure about that (OSS - still here), but it shoud work with something like

Exec=pulseaudio --start && sleep 2 && volumeicon

in the desktop file

Jerry3904 · 2014-12-21 19:45:41

Thanks for the suggestion. That did not work for the people who tested it, but it led to a similar solution: call that script I posted instead from wherever it is located. For example:

Exec=/usr/local/bin/name-of-script

That seems to work for everybody, though the script would not survive a reinstall in that location.

sixsixfive · 2014-12-22 06:30:37

looks like GNOME has a extension for this: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/how-to-d … ns-in.html maybe xfsm can interpret this, too?

Jerry3904 · 2014-12-22 10:53:10

Worth a look, thanks.

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