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How to start a script after logging in AND WiFi is ready? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 month ago by MoLoPoLY@discuss.tchncs.de to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
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I try to download a file with curl directly after logging into Gnome. This usually fails because mostly the WiFi connection is only established after login. If I wait long enough in the login screen before logging in, the connection is already established and the download works.

So far I have used Manjaro. WiFi was already active long before the login screen of GDM was even displayed. The download therefore always worked.

The download is initiated with a *.desktop file in ~/.config/autostart.

Is there another way to start the download after the user is logged in and the WiFi connection is really ready?

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[–] MummifiedClient5000 0 points 1 month ago

The simplest solution is probably a script that waits and retries until curl succeeds.