Custom finch.service systemd script - No screens found

Question

I'm trying to write a systemd script so that I can automatically start finch (a non-graphical chat client based on libpurple).when I boot.  I want to put finch in a screen session as my user.  Here's my current finch.service.
/etc/systemd/system/finch.service
[Unit]
Description=finch Service
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
User=keatts
ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -dmS finch /usr/bin/finch
ExecStop=/usr/bin/screen -S finch -X quit
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
When I run systemctl start finch as root, systemctl runs without error.  Upon running systemctl finch status, I get this output.
finch.service - finch Service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/finch.service; disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun, 2012-12-16 08:36:17 EST; 34min ago
Process: 16854 ExecStop=/usr/bin/screen -S finch -X quit (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 16851 ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -dmS finch /usr/bin/finch (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 16852 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/finch.service
Dec 16 08:36:17 Colossus systemd[1]: Starting finch Service...
Dec 16 08:36:17 Colossus systemd[1]: Started finch Service.
Dec 16 08:36:17 Colossus screen[16854]: No screen session found.
Dec 16 08:36:17 Colossus systemd[1]: Unit finch.service entered failed state
As you can see, I get No screen session found..  I don't know why it would be doing that, because my screen command should be creating a new screen, not looking for one that exists.  If I run my screen -dmS command as a regular user, it runs fine, so I'm not sure what's different between that and my systemd service.  Also, I don't think the status=1/FAILURE on the ExecStop line is important, because if I comment out ExecStop in the finch.service file, I still get No screen session found.
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Answer 1

On the IRC, sledgehammer told me that I should create a systemd service file for screen and handle all the finch stuff in my .screenrc file.
I found a screen systemd service on Arch wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … ces#screen) and put the following in my .screenrc.
startup_message off
escape ^a^a
screen -t finch 0 finch
I can run screen and finch starts up automatically.  I can also run systemctl enable [email protected] without error, but  the screen session never shows up.  The systemd script on Arch wiki isn't working for me.  Any ideas?
EDIT: Well, the problem is no longer related to finch at all, the problem is just getting the screen systemd service on Arch wiki to work, so I'll create a new thread for that.
Last edited by keatts (2012-12-17 15:22:54)