supechicken / chromeos-autostart

An extension for running Linux commands at ChromeOS startup.

About me

• A student and a hobbyist programmer
• An average Linux user, mainly sudo pacman -Syu and sudo apt install
• Experienced guy at tweaking ChromeOS in non-standard ways (aka developer mode)

Skills

• Shell scripting
• Ruby
• Crystal
• Web-based JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• C, at least more experienced than a noob
• Basic knowledge of Python 3

Some interesting stuff created by me

• ChromeOS CustomBack: Custom background for ChromeOS built-in pages/apps
• ChromeOS AutoStart: A Chrome extension for running Linux commands at ChromeOS startup

chromeos-autostart's Issues

Autostart window doesnt auto close

After logging in, the autostart window appears, but doesnt go away after the command is finished. The console shows this error:

Error in event handler: TypeError: output.split is not a function
    at chrome-extension://algkcnfjnajfhgimadimbjhmpaeohhln/run.js:7:22
    at extensions::terminalPrivate:10:9

Auto start crostini and a linux app at startup?

According to Googles' ChromeOS Linux FAQ, penguin is disabled intentionally at system startup and MUST be manually started. I would love to have penguin autostart- which i believe (possibly incorrectly) is what your code is supposed to do. I would love to automatically launch crostini and my Google Drive syncronizer- Insync. Is this possible, or is my desired end result incorrectly making me think that it could be? Please correctly set my expectations for your code.

Thanks,
RJ

Doesn't work...

I have a command set:

but when I press the Test button it just opens a blank window:

and the command doesn't run, when testing or at startup

Enhancement: Make it possible to edit entries

If I want to edit a command/entry I have to delete it and create a new one.
Better would be an editing function of the original command/entry for this.

Warning on the manifest

Hello,
your extension works wonders, and I believe that for ChromeOS users it pairs with U-Block on the utility podium.
However, by now Chrome signals a warning, nothing to worry about because it does not prevent its functioning but I still think it useful to report it to you:

Manifest version 2 is deprecated, and support will be removed in 2023. See https://developer.chrome.com/blog/mv2-transition/ for more details.

Regards, Federico

Hide/close extension after run

Is it possible to hide/close the extension after all commands?
Currently it shows up in the active app drawer even if all commands have been executed.
The started applications should not be closed, just the extension.

Creating/copying files to write protected folders doesnt work

Trying to copy to write protected folders, doesnt do anything. Entered this command into the extension: sudo touch /etc/init.d/test.txt After running "testing" the command, this is the result in the crosh terminal:

chronos@localhost / $ sudo ls -a /etc/init.d/
.  ..  functions.sh