ANSWERED How to run and connect on boot (Raspbian, RPi 4)

[qwertyuiop1990 1]

I'm on an RPi 4, running Raspbian 64-bit, latest version.  The Eddie UI client has an option "Connect at startup", which will connect right when I open Eddie, however, after a system reboot Eddie does not open automatically.  I've tried the systemd files in this forum post from a few years ago, but it doesn't seem to work (not sure why).  Does anyone have a succinct guide on how to autostart the VPN connection on Raspberry Pi (raspbian) boot?

[OpenSourcerer 1359]

That forums post refers to the CLI version with a configuration preconfigured in the GUI. Autostarting apps should be started by the desktop, not with Systemd. Which desktop environment are you using? Contents of these vars?

$ echo $XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP \| $DESKTOP_SESSION \| $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP

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[qwertyuiop1990 1]

Here's the output to that:

lightdm-xsession | LXDE-pi | LXDE

I've used the LXDE-pi/autostart file before to automatically launch UI clients at start up.  I've tried doing that here but perhaps I have the name wrong of the Eddie client.  Would this be a viable option?

[qwertyuiop1990 1]

Ok I figured out it was @eddie-ui.

I opened the file:
 

/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

And added the line at the bottom:

@eddie.ui

Then I enabled the settings to autostart and connect the client.  Not sure why this option isn't mentioned anywhere else.

[OpenSourcerer 1359]

It's documented, at least.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXDE#Autostart