How can i open Rviz as ubuntu startup application
Hello,
How can i open Rviz as ubuntu startup application?
Thanks, best regards.
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It depends on what ROS version you are using. If you are using ROS2 Foxy, do as follows
Create a file in the following path.
~/.config/autostart/rviz.desktop
Then, copy-paste the following to the file. (reference: link)
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Exec=/opt/ros/foxy/lib/rviz2/rviz2 Hidden=false NoDisplay=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name[en_US]=Rviz2 Name=/opt/ros/foxy/lib/rviz2/rviz2 Comment[en_US]= Comment=
Reboot
Thank you so much for your support but did not work . I use ros-melodic and ubuntu 18.04 [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Exec=/opt/ros/melodic/lib/rviz/rviz Hidden=false NoDisplay=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name[en_US]=Rviz Name=/opt/ros/melodic/lib/rviz/rviz Comment[en_US]= Comment=
no change happens when i restart my computer. there is no log file, there is no information about the reason. What do you think could be the reason?
Thanks, best regards.
I thought it would work as it is how you run applications on startup but I tested it and it didn't work. What actually made it work was running a terminal window on startup and putting Rviz in the ~/.bashrc file. Then, Rviz was successfully started up by the terminal window.
Hope this helps, Jaehyun
Type below in the terminal window.
$ echo 'rviz' >> ~/.bashrc
If you think you need to learn some more techniques you use with ROS, check out this link and follow the provided tutorial.
The main issue with starting RViz on startup is that it has to have access to, and wait, until the X server is available. This ROS Answers thread describes a systemd file that accomplishes this.
Asked: 2021-02-16 15:28:15 -0500
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Last updated: Jun 28 '21
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