I was also looking to run my python script on boot so I did a couple things that worked as a a short term solution. I added 2 lines to my crontab, an @reboot line to run the program when the device starts up as well as a bash script to ensure the program is still running.
(Replace main.py with your program name and make sure it doesn't match anything else that may be running) crontab -e # Runs when the system boots: @reboot sudo python /path/to/program.py # Runs every minute and checks that your program is running: * * * * * sudo bash /path/to/check_process.bash (Just a note, if you need multiple programs to run on boot, replace "@reboot sudo python /path/to/program.py" with a bash script, and place the things you need to run on boot in that bash file.) check_process.bash: #!/bin/bash process_id=`ps aux | grep "YOURPROGRAM.py" | grep -v "grep"`; if [ -z "$process_id" ]; then echo "process not running for certain." cd /PATH/TO cd /PATH/TO/YOURPROGRAM.py & else echo "YOURPROGRAM.py seems to be running"; fi The only down side is that if your program crashes, you have to wait up to a minute for the crontab to run the check_processes.bash, but otherwise is pretty solid. Now I am also looking for how to run my script as a system service. On Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 9:18:43 PM UTC-7, John Baker wrote: > > My program runs fine but requires that I use putty.exe and type sudo > python myprog.py to run it. I have been reading about systemctl and have > written a service file and put it in /lib/systemd/system. It's called > paint-flow.service, listing below. I have.. enabled it with systemctl > enable paint-flow.service with no errors and tried systemctl start > paint-flow.service with no errors but my program doesn't seem to start. > When I check the status I get "code=exited, status = 203/EXEC" which > doesn't tell me anything, at least nothing that I understand. > > Also I tried the same thing with a one-line Hello.py program and same > results. > > Any help with this newbie problem, please? > > [Unit] > Description=Paint flow control program > > [Service] > WorkingDirectory=/home/debian/Desktop/ > ExecStart=/home/debian/Desktop/python SimB.py > SyslogIdentifier=SimB > Restart=on-failure > RestartSec=5 > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.targetI am using Debian 3.8.13 > > > > John > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.