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?
Easiest way would be to just add a
sleep 15command at the top of the script. Time how long it takes your wifi to come up, and adjust the sleep time with like a 2-3 second buffer in case it takes linger for some reason.More exact would be to create a systemd service for your script that depends on network connectivity to execute.
Yep, I know. But when I only depend on
After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.targetthis doesn’t mean, I have a working internet connection. That’s why the loop.
Or is that wrong?