Delay application setup at boot

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HI. i use OBS to capture instant replays and use noisetorch for noise suppression. However OBS starts before noisetorch so it does not use the right sound device.
Is there anything i can add to the desktop entry to either delay OBS, or start noisetorch quicker?
Thanks

garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.9.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=6a8a01fd-1dfe-48f8-8b4d-c2c38ad8ec88 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet resume=UUID=61fcd7d4-37c6-41ce-8991-c45faf6c34ec loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.2.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570S AORUS PRO AX v: -CF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570S AORUS PRO AX serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F6c
date: 09/20/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 tpc: 2 threads: 24 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 12x512 KiB
L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3832 high: 4825 min/max: 2200/4950 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3856 2: 4825
3: 3944 4: 3808 5: 4808 6: 3798 7: 4100 8: 3700 9: 3707 10: 3700 11: 3700
12: 3700 13: 3700 14: 3700 15: 3733 16: 3700 17: 3700 18: 3700 19: 3700
20: 3700 21: 3700 22: 3599 23: 3700 24: 3700 bogomips: 177587
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900M]
vendor: Tul / PowerColor driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x
process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 0d:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:744c class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 5360x2520 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: bottom-l res: 3440x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: top-right res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: gbm
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.7-arch1.3
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi
navi31 LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.9.1-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:744c
memory: 23.44 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 15 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.7-arch1.3
device-ID: 1002:744c surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.0.7-arch1.3 (LLVM 17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0d:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: SteelSeries ApS GameDAC driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-2.2:7
chip-ID: 1038:1282 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.9.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 2500 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Microsoft Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows driver: xone-dongle
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 7-3:4
chip-ID: 045e:02fe class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-5:2 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.32 TiB used: 2.93 TiB (67.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S500G
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EJFK3N.7 temp: 64.8 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 48.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000BX500SSD1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 054 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 431.11 GiB size: 431.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 213.89 GiB (49.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 588 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 431.11 GiB size: 431.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 213.89 GiB (49.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 431.11 GiB size: 431.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 213.89 GiB (49.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 431.11 GiB size: 431.11 GiB (100.00%)
used: 213.89 GiB (49.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.23 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 24 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.9 C mobo: 42.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 49.0 C
mem: 60.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.23 GiB used: 9.78 GiB (31.3%)
Processes: 491 Power: uptime: 1h 25m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.48 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2146 libs: 573 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-04-19
Last full system update: 2024-05-23
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:            nmb.service systemd-vconsole-setup.service
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Change the obs command in KDE Settings / Autostart applications / OBS / properties (or something similar).
Prepend Command with sleep X; (delay in seconds). E.g.

sleep 3 ; <program name>
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so like this?

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I didn’t even know this was possible.
My VPN always takes slightly longer than one of my apps that requires an internet connection to refresh so it fails to refresh. This should fix the issue. Thanks!

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After doing this OBS no longer starts at boot

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If you mean that OBS autostarting fails, you should try quoting and escaping of the Exec key value. IIUC, ; is a reserved character.
Here is the relevant part of the Desktop Entry protocol for the Exec key:

Arguments may be quoted in whole. If an argument contains a reserved character the argument must be quoted. The rules for quoting of arguments is also applicable to the executable name or path of the executable program as provided.

Quoting must be done by enclosing the argument between double quotes and escaping the double quote character, backtick character (“`”), dollar sign (“$”) and backslash character (“") by preceding it with an additional backslash character. Implementations must undo quoting before expanding field codes and before passing the argument to the executable program. Reserved characters are space (” “), tab, newline, double quote, single quote (”'“), backslash character (”"), greater-than sign (“>”), less-than sign (“<”), tilde (“~”), vertical bar (“|”), ampersand (“&”), semicolon (“;”), dollar sign (“$”), asterisk (“*”), question mark (“?”), hash mark (“#”), parenthesis (“(”) and (“)”) and backtick character (“`”).

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Seems to work fine now. Thanks for the help.

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