Man in a van wrote: > @Vincenzo > > I have to apologise for my somewhat remiss belief that Squeezelite > should autostart in Ubuntu. Well of course it does, but fails (exits) > because LMS starts after Squeezelite :confused: > > Today I looked at my Linux Mint istallation and decided to update to the > latest version (my current one is going EOL in March) > > I performed the upgrade and installed LMS and Squeezelite. > > Then I found I had the same problem as yourself (I must have either > solved this before or got confused with an Ubuntu install I tried a > couple of years ago) > > Anyway, I will have "humble pie" for tea > > 37392 > > I did some searching on the internet and could not find a way to reolve > the startup situation, maybe delaying LMS, or setting a "wait for > network" command is the way, but it takes a lot of time to find the > correct method and I'm an old dog and it is only a backup device I want > to keep running. > > > I remembered something I had configured for a poster on another forum, > and here it is.:) > > It works on my Linux Mint and should on your Ubuntu (if you care to > try) > > SSH into Ubuntu > > type > > > Code: -------------------- > > sudo crontab -e -------------------- > > > > > append this line to the bottom of the file > > > Code: -------------------- > > @reboot sleep 20 && sudo /usr/local/bin/restart.sh -------------------- > > > > > Save and exit with ctrl + x, followed by y when prompted to save, and > then Enter > > then make this file > > type > > > Code: -------------------- > > sudo nano /usr/local/bin/restart.sh -------------------- > > > > > enter text > > > Code: -------------------- > > #!/bin/bash > > sudo /etc/init.d/squeezelite restart -------------------- > > > > > Save and exit with ctrl + x, followed by y when prompted to save, and > then enter > > make the file executable > > > Code: -------------------- > > sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/restart.sh -------------------- > > > > Reboot with > > > Code: -------------------- > > sudo reboot -------------------- > > > > The "sleep 20" in the crontab boot line is the number of seconds to > wait before actioning the command, if you wish to try a shorter time, > then just adjust the number :) > > ronnie
Hello Ronnie, do not worry. I used the command _sudo_systemctl_enable_--now_squeezelite_, taken from the link https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-start...n-ubuntu-20-04 you gave me, and the service works perfectly on reboot . Best regards. Vincenzo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Francy07's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=72617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97046 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
