openrgb-profile-at-startup

The following are instructions on how to load OpenRGB profile at startup, without modifying any default config file.

In order for this solution to take effect, you must have an .orp file in ~/.config/OpenRGB.

If you don't, make sure to create a file through the GUI once, and then simply save the profile at the default location.

If you did do that, and the file still doesn't exist, open an issue & we can talk about it.

Setup

This will create an executable called openrgb-load-profile at /usr/local/bin, which will do the heavy lifting for us.

Run the following in a bash shell (your distribution's default, probably):

sudo tee "/usr/local/bin/openrgb-load-profile" <<EOF
#!/usr/bin/env bash

user="\$USER"
if [[ \$(id -u) = 0 ]]; then
    user="\${SUDO_USER:-\$(logname)}"
fi

if [[ -z "\$user" ]]; then
    echo 'Could not locate calling user for openrgb-load-profile.'
    echo 'This is a fatal condition, because no profiles will be found.'
    exit 1
fi

openrgb_dir="/home/\$user/.config/OpenRGB"

if [[ ! -d "\$openrgb_dir" ]]; then
    echo "Could not locate openrgb directory \$openrgb_dir."
    echo "Have you saved/created any profile there?"
    echo "If you believe the directory exists, or should have been found elsewhere, open an issue in github."
    exit 1
fi

profile="\$openrgb_dir/\$(ls -v "\$openrgb_dir" | grep '.orp' | head -n 1)"

if [[ ! -f "\$profile" ]]; then
    echo "Could not locate any profile."
    echo "... aka, the following didn't match anything: \$profile"
    echo "If you believe the file exists, or should have been found elsewhere, open an issue on github."
    exit 1
fi

echo "Loading '\$profile'"

hasFailed="\$(openrgb --profile "\$profile"| grep -i 'failed' | grep -i 'profile')"
exit \$(test -z "\$hasFailed")
EOF

We need to set the correct permissions for the executable. Run:

sudo chown root:root "/usr/local/bin/openrgb-load-profile" && sudo chmod 755 "/usr/local/bin/openrgb-load-profile"

Now, we need to create a systemd service (unit file), which will load our OpenRGB script at first login.

tee "~/.config/systemd/user/openrgb.service" <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Open source RGB lighting control that doesn't depend on manufacturer software.
After=graphical.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
StandardOutput=journal
ExecStart=openrgb-load-profile
RemainAfterExit=yes
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
EOF

Now, we just need to enable this service.

systemctl enable --user --now openrgb.service

Done! The changes will take effect immediately.

You should be able to see that the service has ran by checking the Active section, by executing:

systemctl status --user openrgb