Running Python Script at Ubuntu Startup not working

Question

I am trying to run a python script at ubuntu startup. The script(play.py) plays a youtube video in chrome browser.

import webbrowser
import time
import subprocess as sp

val = 0;
while(val <1):
    time.sleep(1)
    #webbrowser.open("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO1rMeYnOmM")
    child = sp.Popen("google-chrome %s" % "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO1rMeYnOmM", shell=True)
    val = val +1

To run this script at ubuntu startup I added the following entry in rc.local:

python /home/user_name/Desktop/python/play.py &

And changes the mode of play.py to 777. I also tried copying this script file to /etc/init.d. But still the script does not execute at system startup.

r0xette · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-03 20:06:36Z

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Try sudo /usr/bin/python /home/user_name/Desktop/python/play.py & instead.

answered Nov 3, 2016 at 20:06

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r0xette Over a year ago

What is not working? The command or the script is not working upon loading? First ensure that the following command works fine. /usr/bin/python /home/user_name/Desktop/python/play.py &

triandicAnt Over a year ago

sudo /usr/bin/python /home/user_name/Desktop/python/play.py & I added in rc.local but the browser is not opening at system startup.

r0xette Over a year ago

We are back to square one. You still didn't answer whether the command only worked on terminal or not? First establish the command is working fine on terminal and then try to automate it. So again? What happened when you ran the command on terminal?

Barmar Over a year ago

Everything in /etc/rc.local is run as root, there's no need to use sudo.

r0xette Over a year ago

@triple.s add sheband on top of the script. #!/usr/bin/python

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