Xubuntu, make a launcher for a .sh

Question

I use Xubuntu with gnome-terminal.

I need to launch a sh script (restart.sh) on the pc startup. The .sh file is in this directory: "/home/stark/Desktop/Tracking/Release/5600/"

I created a launcher like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=My GUI App
Exec=gnome-terminal -x sh -c "/home/stark/Desktop/Tracking/Release/5600/restart.sh"
Icon=/path/to/you/icon.svg
Terminal=true
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Name[en_US]=Intel5600
Comment=
Path=

What's wrong? Thank you!

EDIT:

This is the bash file:

#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal -x sh -c 'python3 main00.py'

If I start it from its folder it works (if in a terminal I type: ./restart.sh), but from the launcher it doesn't work.

I tried to set terminal=false, but nothing changes.

I wouldn't comment much on the command for `Exec` but `Terminal=false` looks like what you are after — Fr0zenFyr, May 22 '17 at 08:23
Hi! It doesn't work. I will update the decription with the bash file... — G. Threepwood, May 22 '17 at 08:30
If you want to run the `.sh` at startup why do you need a `.desktop` ? — M. Becerra, May 22 '17 at 09:24
Just add it to *Session and Startup* with the full path to the `.sh` — M. Becerra, May 22 '17 at 09:31
I added the .sh in the Session and Startup but nothing happened. In the command line I just clicked on the folder icon and pointed to the file, so in the command line there is this: /home/stark/Desktop/Tracking/Release/server.sh — G. Threepwood, May 22 '17 at 09:41
Sorry if the name and the directory changed but is the same of before — G. Threepwood, May 22 '17 at 09:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '17 at 09:48

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add an @reboot cron task:

Running crontab -e will allow you to edit your cron.
Adding a line like this to it:

@reboot /path/to/script

will execute that script once your computer boots up.

answered May 22 '17 at 09:48

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I don't know why but it doesn't work. I'm using Xubuntu 16.04 if it's important – G. Threepwood May 25 '17 at 09:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '17 at 14:38

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vi /etc/rc.local

with content like the following:

# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel
/path/to/my/script.sh || exit 1   # Added by me
exit 0

answered May 23 '17 at 14:38

Xubuntu, make a launcher for a .sh

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