Raspberry pi 2 model B autolaunch python script

[jacks909]

I am unable to launch python scripts automatically from raspbian GUI for the pi 2 model B .

For the raspberry pi 1 i used to configure the autostart file of the LXDE desktop using the command

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sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

This method doesn't seem to work anymore on the Raspberry pi 2 model B.

Help from anyone who has successfully launched a python script from LXDE desktop for the Raspberry pi 2 model B would be very much appreciated.

Thanks guys

[B.Goode]

I think this might be a side-effect of the new lxde GUI as of Christmas 2014, rather than an issue with the Pi2B? (But if you've just installed a new version of Raspbian to support the Pi2B maybe this is the first time you've seen the new gui?)

I haven't checked, but what happens if you create/modify the autostart file in the profile /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi instead?

[jacks909]

B.Goode , youre a genius buddy . That worked!! . I didnt know that there were two autostart folders. Thanks a ton!

PS: it was the latest raspbian available.

[B.Goode]

B.Goode , youre a genius buddy . That worked!! .

Got it in one! << blushes modestly >>

I didnt know that there were two autostart folders. Thanks a ton!

PS: it was the latest raspbian available.

Quite so!

In previous (ie. prior to Dec 2014) releases of Raspbian there was only one profile at /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE.

I deduce - but can't refer you to documentation - that the /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi profile was introduced in the Dec 2014 release as a way of implementing the revised ('start' at the top left and no icons) gui for lxde, whose introduction is discussed here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/changes-to-t ... interface/