Here, by the way, is the crossover_3chan contents: nano 2.6.2 File: crossover_3chan #!/bin/sh export LADSPA_PATH=/usr/local/lib/ladspa:/usr/lib/ladspa; # -a:woofer2 -pf:./woofer.ecp -chorder:0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2 \ ecasound -a:pre1 -z:mixmode,sum -z:nodb -B:rtlowlatency -b:64 -f:f32_le,2,48000 -i:jack -pf:./pre1.ecp -o:loop,1 \ -a:pre2,woofer -z:mixmode,sum -z:nodb -B:rtlowlatency -b:64 -f:f32_le,2,48000 -i:loop,1 \ -a:pre2 -pf:./pre2.ecp -o loop,2 \ -a:mid,tweeter -z:mixmode,sum -z:nodb -B:rtlowlatency -b:64 -f:f32_le,2,48000 -i:loop,2 \ -a:woofer -pf:./woofer.ecp -chorder:1,2,0,0,0,0 \ -a:mid -pf:./mid.ecp -chorder:0,0,1,2,0,0 \ -a:tweeter -pf:./tweeter.ecp -chorder:0,0,0,0,1,2 \ -a:woofer,mid,tweeter -z:mixmode,sum -z:nodb -B:rtlowlatency -b:64 -f:f32_le,6,48000 -o:jack I've discovered that if I invoke this script using the /usr/local/bin path by just typing crossover_3chan, it also does not work - apparently b/c it is being run or owned by "root" instead of gibbyj. I.e., if I run it from /home/gibbyj/Downloads it works, but if I type "crossover_3chan" from some other directory, and it finds the script in /usr/local/bin, it shows up in ps -aux with "root", and it doesn't work. But when I boot the computer, it's not even sbowing up in ps -aux, with root OR gibbyj... Thanks again... John On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 5:20 AM, john gibby <johnalan.gibby(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi, I'm getting my Pianoteq app to run automatically when I start my computer. So far, I'm using the startup script in QjackCtl to run the commands I need. I have QjackCtl configured to startup automatically. It's starting up and running the commands OK; I see the programs come up when I boot the computer. But one thing is not working: a shell script named crossover_3chan, that invokes the ecasound application, which I'm using for a 3 channel speaker crossover network. This crossover_3chan script works fine when I run it manually, but for some reason, running it within the QjactCtl startup script is not working. When I execute ps -aux and look at the processes, it's not there, until I run it manually. Here is the QjactCtl startup script I'm using: #!/bin/sh sleep 2 /usr/bin/a2jmidid -e & sleep 2 /usr/bin/aloop-daemon & sleep 2 export LADSPA_PATH=/usr/local/lib/ladspa:/usr/lib/ladspa sleep 2 hdspmixer & sleep 2 "/home/gibbyj/Pianoteq/Pianoteq 5/i386/Pianoteq 5" & sleep 4 crossover_3chan & I've tried various ways of invoking the crossover_3chan shell script. Currently, I have put the script into /usr/local/bin, which is why there's no path in front of the name, above. But I also tried something like "/home/gibbyj/Downloads/crossover_3chan" & in the startup script, which didn't work either. Would it help if I make this shell script an "application", giving it a name, like Pianoteq and the other applications? I've tried to figure out how to do that, in AVL/Debian, but am still not sure how. Thanks very much for someone's help! John --