Auto-boot & auto-start xinput command

chimney

OS: Solus 4.3 Fortitude, 64-bit, GNOME 41.0, X11 (fully updated)

Dear Fellow Forumers!

I am new to Solus and would appreciate your help.

My OS does not boot directly to desktop. I see two boot options: „Solus 4.3 Fortitude” and „Reboot Into Firmware Interface”. There is no countdown and I have to manually press ENTER in order to get to the desktop. The problem is that keyboard in my laptop does not work properly and I use a Bluetooth keyboard. Unfortunately, Bluetooth turns on only after it gets to the desktop, so I would need to use a third USB keyboard only to press that one ENTER. How can I remove „Reboot Into Firmware Interface” boot option?
The keyboard and the touchpad in my laptop does not work properly and I use a Bluetooth keyboard and an USB mouse. In order to avoid random key presses and button pushes I need to type „xinput float 15” in Terminal soon after turning my laptop on. Is there a way to make an auto-start out of this xinput float command?

Thank you in advance
Chimney

WetGeek

chimney Unfortunately, Bluetooth turns on only after it gets to the desktop, so I would need to use a third USB keyboard only to press that one ENTER

I stream our television content, using a computer running Solus. Because I need to be able to control it from across the living room, I use a bluetooth keyboard as well. When I reboot the media computer, such as after a weekly update, I need to press a key -- any key -- and wait for about 3 seconds. Then I can start typing, and entering my password works fine from there. Maybe that would work for you as well? It just takes a few seconds for the keyboard to mate with the computer.

I'm most familiar with Budgie and Plasma, both of which I use. I'm sure someone here will be able to tell you how to configure an autostart with gnome.

johano

chimney,

Have a look at man clr-boot-manager in your terminal.

Briefly:
clr-boot-mangager list will list kernels, and show * beside the one that boots by default

clr-boot-mangager get-timeout should show how long it times-out before booting the default kernel

and the one that may solve your problem:

clr-boot-manager set-timeout which sets the timeout

So, if you set the time-out to zero, then there is no time-out and the default kernel will boot without having to press the Enter key

clr-boot-manager set-timeout 0

WetGeek

johano clr-boot-mangager list will list kernels, and show * beside the one that boots by default

Might need to use clr-boot-manager list-kernels for that.

johano

WetGeek, thanks for the correction, yes of course it should be list-kernels, and not simplylist!