Autorunning Plex command In Ubuntu Unity on Chromebook?

Question

I have managed to get the Plex Media Server running on my Chromebook via Crouton and Unity.

The only thing is that it won't load unless I run the command sudo su -c /usr/sbin/start_pms plex

Is there an easy way to run this automatically when I boot into Crouton? This would make my life alot easier.

Thanks guys,

Whether you use upstart, /etc/crontab or /etc/rc.local, skip the sudo su -c - all three run as root. You shouldn't have to do su -c either - sudo /usr/bin/... would be just fine. — muru, Apr 12 '15 at 11:07
There seems to be so many ways to do this but I can't do any, i've made a .conf file with /usr/sbin/start_pms plex inside and i've added it via the menu to Startup applications but it doesn't do anything. It won't let me move the file to etc/init telling me permissions denied. — Mark Dodsworth, Apr 12 '15 at 14:20
There were so many ways that you combined them all, eh? Pick one and stick with it. At the moment what you did corresponds to three different ways. — muru, Apr 12 '15 at 14:37
Sorry Muru, i'm really not good with Linux :-( Any advice you can give me is very greatly appreciated. — Mark Dodsworth, Apr 12 '15 at 15:31
Thanks for your help, I tried all this but it still didn't work after a reboot;https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByUXeTtKbYTZVmJBOG5FWXQ0WlU/edit?usp=docslist_api any idea what I'm doing wrong? — Mark Dodsworth, Apr 12 '15 at 19:53
I don't since I have no idea what Plex is. What does the /var/log/upstart/startplex.log file contain? — muru, Apr 12 '15 at 19:56
That folder is empty, no files in it at all? Would there be hidden files in there? Do I have to install Upstart? — Mark Dodsworth, Apr 12 '15 at 20:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 12 '15 at 15:36

For the moment, I'd suggest using upstart. To create an upstart job, create a file called startplex.conf in /etc/init/, containing:

start on startup
task
exec /usr/sbin/start_pms plex

To do this in one command:

sudo tee /etc/init/startplex.conf <<EOF
start on startup
task
exec /usr/sbin/start_pms plex
EOF

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