Error when launching openmsx on raspbian at startup

Supporter (8)

23-11-2020, 16:31

Hello, I am new in this forum,I have learned a lot by reading it
but have a problem
I install openmsx and run it from terminal
and no have a problem, it runs perfectly
but when I edit the rc.local file and it is executed when I start the raspberry, I get the following error when pressing the menu key
"error executng hot keycommand cant read" env (HOME) ": no such in array"
when press another time "error executing hot keycommand: invalidcommand name"main_menu_toggle"
I hope you can help me thanks
sorry use google translate

By Manuel

Ascended (17293)

23-11-2020, 18:32

Apparently the environment variable HOME is not set when starting from there. This is apparently required.

By drewdty72

Supporter (8)

23-11-2020, 19:44

how can I solve that?
please

By Manuel

Ascended (17293)

23-11-2020, 20:47

just set it?
export HOME=/your/home/folder

By drewdty72

Supporter (8)

25-11-2020, 12:12

I'm sorry but I don't know how to do it

By Manuel

Ascended (17293)

25-11-2020, 13:27

What exactly did you put in rc.local? Just put it before the line where you start openMSX. The path should be a valid path to the home directory of the user you're running openMSX for.
However, I'm not sure, I don't have Raspbian or a RPi whatsoever.

By Grauw

Ascended (9489)

25-11-2020, 14:51

I’m just reading up on it a little, I think there is no HOME in the environment because if it’s started by rc.local it runs as the root user.

I’m not sure using rc.local is the best way, running as the root user seems undesirable. It seems better to set up a systemd service which runs it as a normal user.

By Manuel

Ascended (17293)

25-11-2020, 14:43

But if you do it still, perhaps this would help:
export HOME=/root

By drewdty72

Supporter (8)

25-11-2020, 18:54

in rc.local there is only this
# Print the IP address
_IP=$(hostname -I) || true
if [ "$_IP" ]; then
printf "My IP address is %s\n" "$_IP"
fi

./opt/openMSX/bin/openmsx

exit 0

By Manuel

Ascended (17293)