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ngoonee

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[solved] pm-utils, how to run a script as logged-in user AFTER resume

All the scripts in /etc/pm/sleep.d are run as root. Is there any way for me to put a script such that it runs as my logged-in user AFTER all the scripts in /etc/pm/sleep.d. I tried putting su -c "command" - <username> but that doesn't have the full user environment, hence dbus session bus doesn't work yet.

EDIT: Solved: see solution by lucke below.

Last edited by ngoonee (2009-11-14 20:40:50)

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Re: [solved] pm-utils, how to run a script as logged-in user AFTER resume

It might help to know what command you're having trouble with--perhaps there's a better/easier way to execute it.

The scripts in /etc/pm/sleep.d are called in numeric order during suspend.  That is, if you have a script titled 44-myfix-for-foo, it will run before a script titled 88-myfix-for-bar.  These scripts are then executed in reverse order upon resume.

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lucke

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Re: [solved] pm-utils, how to run a script as logged-in user AFTER resume

Here's how I handle quitting some apps via dbus before suspend:

1) I save DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS in KDE's autostart (echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS > /home/lucke/.dbus_session).

2) I run "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=`cat /home/lucke/.dbus_session` su lucke -c "kquitapp amarok; kquitapp kmix"" in pm-utils.

ngoonee

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Re: [solved] pm-utils, how to run a script as logged-in user AFTER resume

Thanks lucke, that sounds a bit hackish but i think it'll work.

And thayer, I know the order of the scripts, but they're all run as root, which was my main issue. I'm trying to run jack2, which uses `jack_control start` to start jack via dbus.

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