Hello!
Im on a Raspberry Pi and I'm currently running a patch at startup via
/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
This works but now i want to make the RPi boot quicker, therefore i want to boot in CLI mode so that the desktop doesn't need to be loaded, therefore all will be quicker.
The point is the if I understood well, the autostart file is LXDE dependendent.
And this is also the reason why the patch doesn't start if I boot in CLI.

For this reason i tried to add a line in /etc/rc.local
"pd mypatch.pd"

but this won't actually boot the patch.
Do you know alternative to boot the patch at startup in CLI mode? Or am I forgetting to add something in rc.local?
thanks

@nhouse You will need to run Pd without the GUI (Pd.extension -nogui).... as the GUI needs a window manager to display the patch. You might run into other problems...... needing to delay any [loadbang] objects... and might need to specify audio settings (-alsa etc.).
https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/11886/run-pd-with-terminal-command-and-nogui
and search around for "pure data nogui".
David.

Hello David. Always very helpful and with a lot of knowledge to share ! Thanks for your help!

worked well by adding the line
"sudo pd -nogui -open path/to/the/patch.pd" & in /etc/rc.local

no issues for the moment. i didn't have to add delays in the loadbangs objects
lucky i was that i could access the RPi via SSH because i initially forgot the & and entered into an infinite loop.
thanks again so much

@nhouse Thank you for posting your solution..... it will help others for sure.....
David.