[SOLVED]Correct way to restart a systemd service on resume from susp?

I have offlineimap setup to run as a daemon. It doesn't correctly resume operations after a resume from suspend to RAM without being restarted. The 'Conflicts=' line in the service file makes sure it is stopped when the machine suspends, but I can't figure out how to get it restarted again. Here is the service file:
[Unit]
Description=Start offlineimap as a daemon
Requires=network.target
Conflicts=suspend.target
After=network.target
[Service]
User=%i
EnvironmentFile=/home/%i/.gnupg/gpg-agent-info
ExecStart=/usr/bin/offlineimap
KillSignal=SIGUSR2
Restart=always
RestartSec=15
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
I found an email thread here that seemed to imply that I could add sleep.target to 'WantedBy=' and sleep.target to 'After=' to get service to startup again after resume, but that didn't seem to work.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Scott
Last edited by firecat53 (2014-07-01 16:40:20)

tomk wrote:
firecat53 wrote:It doesn't correctly resume operations after a resume from suspend to RAM without being restarted.
Is this just something you have observed on your own system, or is it a known bug?
Something I noticed and figured it was just due to frequently switching networks with VPN on/off again. After a quick search, I discovered the 'socktimeout' option, which I'm testing now to see if that solves the problem. It appears (although I _just_ found this, that it is a known bug. Some have had luck with setting socktimeout, others haven't. I'll post back if I see a difference or not.
Thanks for the nudge
Scott

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[Unit]
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Type=simple
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What is the correct way to get a machine serviced?

Initially, my machine had an issue with the backlight, and the local dealer replaced the logic board which did nothing, so I took it back and they replaced the screen, but after replaceing the screen, the "closed lid" sensor no longer works and the machine will only sleep from software, not when the lid is closed. They won't return my calls, and they seem pretty inept anyhow.
(http://www.corporatecomputers.ca/)
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(http://www.mymacdealer.com/)
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why not mail it in to apple directly?
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Apple TV needs Restart for Airplay especially after resuming from Sleep Mode

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Regards,

Hey loftysub,
I'd check out the following article, it should be able to help you out:
Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4215
Cheers,
David

[SOLVED] Systemd service files: sourcing other service files?

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<source foo.service>
[section]
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I was sure that I had seen this somewhere, but I can't find it. Did I make this up, or is my search-fu simply weak?

I don't know that it is actually documented at this point in time. At least I haven't seen any. The only reason I know about it is beacuse I subscribe to [systemd-devel]. But it was briefly touched on in the announcement when it was first introduced.
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I would like to read a text file in which the decimal numbers are using dots instead of commas. Is there a way of converting this in labVIEW, or how can I get the program to enterpret the figures in the correct way?

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You must go in the labview option menu, you can select 'use the local
separator' in the front side submenu (LV6i).
If you use the "From Exponential/Fract/Eng" vi, you are able to select this
opton (with a boolean) without changing the labview parameters.
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> I would like to read a text file in which the decimal numbers are
> using dots instead of commas. Is there a way of converting this in
> labVIEW, or how can I get the program to enterpret the figures in the
> correct way?
>
> The program doest enterpret my figures from the text file in the
> correct way since the numbers contain dots instea
d of commas. Is there
> a way to fix this in labVIEW, or do I have to change the files before
> reading them in the program? Thanks beforehend!

[SOLVED] Can not shutdown/restart from KDE with systemd

Hello,
Recently, following I switched to a pure systemd setup. The process was simple and most things worked "right out of the bpx". However, I can not shutdown or restart from KDE!
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Active units :
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION
proc-sys...misc.automount loaded active waiting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point
sys-devi...d-card0.device loaded active plugged MCP79 High Definition Audio
sys-devi...da-sda1.device loaded active plugged ST9500420ASG
sys-devi...da-sda2.device loaded active plugged ST9500420ASG
sys-devi...da-sda3.device loaded active plugged ST9500420ASG
sys-devi...da-sda4.device loaded active plugged ST9500420ASG
sys-devi...da-sda5.device loaded active plugged ST9500420ASG
sys-devi...da-sda6.device loaded active plugged ST9500420ASG
sys-devi...ock-sda.device loaded active plugged ST9500420ASG
sys-devi...et-eth0.device loaded active plugged RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
sys-devi...t-wlan0.device loaded active plugged AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
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sys-devi...y-ttyS1.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS1
sys-devi...y-ttyS2.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS2
sys-devi...y-ttyS3.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/tty/ttyS3
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Demon wrote:For me the system only halts, it does not poweroff. How I can solve this?
As bgc1954 said, there is also a symlink "/sbin/poweroff". Just edit the file "/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc", go to [shutdown] an replace the line "HaltCmd=/sbin/halt" with "HaltCmd=/sbin/poweroff".

Restart Systemd service after laptop resume

Hi!
After resume my laptop (from suspend, I've no tried hibernation) I need to restart NetworkManager service. How can I do this automaticaly?, I've searched in google and Systemd documentation but I have not a clear idea about how to do it.
thanks

Gazpacho wrote:
lucke wrote:As boast said, you can make pm-utils run "systemctl restart networkmanager.service" after resume for you. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pm … _own_hooks
Sorry (to boast too), you are right. I've read the wiki and created a hook, now NM restarts after resume. Thanks!
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[SOLVED] A custom systemd service doesn't execute a specific command

I have made a custom service which should set screen brightness.
file: /etc/systemd/system/backlight100.service
[Unit]
Description=Set screen brightness
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/echo 100 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
ExecStart=/usr/bin/beep
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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The problem is, when I run "# systemctl start backlight100.service" I can hear the beep but it doesn't change the brightness. When I run "/bin/echo 100 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness" in terminal it does change the brightness... but not when I start or restart the service.
Here's the output of systemctl status backlight100.service after starting it
backlight100.service - Set screen brightness
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/backlight100.service; enabled)
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Process: 27698 ExecStart=/usr/bin/beep (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 27696 ExecStart=/bin/echo 100 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Apr 05 20:17:32 work systemd[1]: Starting Set screen brightness...
Apr 05 20:17:32 work echo[27696]: 100 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_back...ss
Apr 05 20:17:32 work systemd[1]: Started Set screen brightness.
What am I doing wrong here? Any help appreciated.
Last edited by axper (2013-04-05 18:35:24)

msthev wrote:$ man systemd.service
ExecStart=
Note that this setting does not directly support shell command
lines. If shell command lines are to be used they need to be passed
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ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'dmesg | tac'
Thanks, changing ExecStart line to
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '/bin/echo 100 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness'
solved the issue. Though I can recall seeing ExecStart lines with direct shell commands.
Raynman wrote:
You should look at tmpfiles.d.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … rary_files
I'll do that, thanks!

[SOLVED] Run kded as a separate (systemd?) service

Hi.
I'm currently trying to enrich wmii session with some kde features.
For example to allow kde to manage my keyboard I can do
$ kded4
$ qdbus org.kde.kded /kded loadModule keyboard
The issue is that I can't start kded on login. I've tried both .xinitrc and systemd way. The outcome is always the same: kded4 won't work for the first time. There are 4 processes of kded4 and none of them responds to dbus calls. However, killing out all of its processes and starting again results in kded4 behaving correctly.
So, here what I have currently
systemd service
[Unit]
Description=KDE daemon
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/kded4
[Install]
WantedBy=workspace.target
After an attempt to start
$ systemctl --user status kded
kded.service - KDE daemon
Loaded: loaded (/home/edio/.config/systemd/user/kded.service; disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2013-03-09 19:39:40 EET; 1s ago
Main PID: 25887 (kded4)
CGroup: name=systemd:/user/edio/4/systemd-25706/kded.service
├─25887 /usr/bin/kded4
├─25895 /usr/bin/kded4
├─25900 /usr/bin/kdeinit4 --suicide
├─25901 /usr/bin/kdeinit4 --suicide
├─25902 kdeinit4: klauncher [kdeinit] --fd=8
└─25904 kdeinit4: kded4 [kdeinit]
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi systemd[25706]: Starting KDE daemon...
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi systemd[25706]: Started KDE daemon.
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi kded4[25887]: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi kded4[25887]: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi kded4[25887]: QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi kded4[25887]: Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi kded4[25887]: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi kded4[25887]: KDE Daemon (kded) already running.
Mar 09 19:39:40 xi kded4[25887]: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
Has anyone tried that already? Any ideas, how to start kded4?
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by eDio (2013-03-10 21:11:00)

I finally managed this to work.
Results of this are available on github.
Let me know please, if you think this info is worth a wiki page or a dedicated topic.
https://github.com/edio/systemd-kdemodules

[SOLVED] Trying to write HLDS systemd service file

Hey,
I want to write a systemd service file for my HLDS AUR package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hlds/
My environment file looks like this:
HLDS_USER=root
HLDS_WORKINGDIR=/opt/hlds
HLDS_PARAMS="-game cstrike"
HLDS_LOGFILE=/var/log/hlds_cstrike
The service file like this:
After=network.target
[Service]
#EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/hlds
#User=${HLDS_USER}
#WorkingDirectory=${HLDS_WORKINGDIR}
ExecStart=/opt/hlds/hlds_run -game cstrike
ExecStop=/bin/kill $MAINPID
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
But systemd fails to start the service:
hlds.service - Half-Life Dedicated Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/hlds.service; disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu, 2013-01-03 06:20:49 CET; 2s ago
Process: 567 ExecStop=/bin/kill $MAINPID (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 564 ExecStart=/opt/hlds/hlds_run -game cstrike (code=killed, signal=INT)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/hlds.service
Jan 03 06:20:49 playground systemd[1]: Starting Half-Life Dedicated Server...
Jan 03 06:20:49 playground systemd[1]: Started Half-Life Dedicated Server.
Jan 03 06:20:49 playground hlds_run[564]: Invalid game type 'cstrike' sepecified.
Jan 03 06:20:49 playground hlds_run[564]: Thu Jan 3 06:20:49 CET 2013: Server Failed
Jan 03 06:20:49 playground kill[567]: usage: kill [ -s signal | -p ] [ -a ] pid ...
Jan 03 06:20:49 playground kill[567]: kill -l [ signal ]
Jan 03 06:20:49 playground systemd[1]: Unit hlds.service entered failed state
Running
/opt/hlds/hlds_run -game cstrike
manually works quote well
Someone knows how to proceed? Thanks
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Solved. It didn't recognized the workingdir correctly ...

[SOLVED] Help with systemd .service script

Hello,
I have been using ArchLinux (ARM version) on some “plug computers” for over a year and love it. Recently I forced myself to move to systemd by upgrading all my computers from scratch. I migrated all my applications and learned new ways of doing things but am having trouble with one last migration. I run a c++ communication program that monitors a TCP port for traffic. In the past I started this program (daemon) from an entry in rc.conf. I have read all I can about systemd’s new approach to starting daemons (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Services)
So far I created what I thought is the correct systemd .service file listed below.
[Unit]
Description=EQBCS
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/public/EQBCS/eqbcs -p 12947 -d &> /dev/null
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable eqbcs.service (created a link in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants)
systemctl start eqbcs.service
Here is output from systemctl (status)
eqbcs.service loaded failed failed EQBCS
I thought this would start the service but no luck. I also thought maybe a reboot would work but no luck. I verified I can start the daemon manually if I run /home/public/EQBCS/eqbcs -p 12947 -d &> /dev/null from the command line.
I think I am close, but after several hours of looking at examples of .service files and other posts, I am at a loss. I am not one of those types who posts a question without taking the time to read the wealth of information on these boards, but I am truly out of ideas and can’t figure out what to do next. I sincerely could use some help/advice.
Last edited by calzon65 (2013-06-01 21:18:20)

Thank you for the suggestions, I believe I am getting closer to success. When I run systemctl start eqbcs.servcie it starts the service but the only way I can get out of systemctl is to ^c out.
Here is my current .service file:
[Unit]
Description=EQBCS
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/home/public/EQBCS/eqbcs -p 12947
Type=forking
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Output from systemctl status eqbcs:
eqbcs.service - EQBCS
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/eqbcs.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Sat 2013-06-01 12:48:43 PDT; 2min 11s ago
Process: 427 ExecStart=/home/public/EQBCS/eqbcs -p 12947 (code=killed, signal=TERM)
Main PID: 396 (code=killed, signal=KILL)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/eqbcs.service
Jun 01 12:47:13 alarm systemd[1]: Starting EQBCS...
Jun 01 12:47:13 alarm eqbcs[427]: WARNING: Running as root NOT recommended.
Jun 01 12:47:13 alarm eqbcs[427]: EQ Box Chat Server 10.12.18
Jun 01 12:47:13 alarm eqbcs[427]: Waiting for connections on port: 12947...
Jun 01 12:48:43 alarm systemd[1]: eqbcs.service operation timed out. Terminating.
Jun 01 12:48:43 alarm systemd[1]: Failed to start EQBCS.
Jun 01 12:48:43 alarm systemd[1]: Unit eqbcs.service entered failed state.
Are there any other suggestions for settings in my .service file?

[SOLVED] systemd service dependencies

Hi,
I've just setup a new arch install, using a pure systemd setup.
I have two services, tinc and tinyproxy. In my case tinyproxy will only bind to an interface that tinc sets ups. So I have to make sure that tinyproxy startup depends on tinc. Now, I could edit the service file installed by the tinyproxy package, but I'd like to know if there is a better way to do that. With the old rc.conf sysinit I simply made sure to have the demons in the correct order and everything worked
So, is there a better way to add custom dependencies between systemd services besides manually editing the service files?
kind regards
Last edited by nomenquis (2012-09-27 08:00:56)

WorMzy wrote:Don't edit the package-provided .service file, it'll be overwritten when the package gets updated.
Yea, that's why I was afraid / didn't want to edit them :)
WorMzy wrote:Instead, copy it to /etc/systemd/system, and edit it there.
There's no other dependency mechanism as far as I know.
Ahh, didn't know that /etc/ files would override the ones provided in /usr/lib/...
I suspected there was some simple mechanism but seem to have missed that one.
Thanks a lot!
kind regards

[solved] systemd service files don't allow quotes

Why is it not possible to use quotes in
ExecStart=
section of systemd service files?
For example, I can't use service file like this
[Unit]
Description=Pacman mirrorlist update
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=wget -O /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=DE&country=NL&country=PL&protocol=http&ip_version=4" && cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist && reflector --verbose -l 50 -p http --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
because systemd will not run it because of presence of quotes:
Feb 26 08:48:36 nanoBox systemd[1]: [/etc/systemd/system/reflector.service:7] Executable path is not absolute, ignoring: wget -O /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup "URL=http...
Feb 26 08:48:36 nanoBox systemd[1]: reflector.service lacks both ExecStart= and ExecStop= setting. Refusing.
I can remove quotes and then the service will run, but the URL parsed to the command will be cut in half, ie it will stop on the first "&" sign and only DE mirrors will be probed.
Is there some way around it other than creating a separate executable file and calling it from the service? I don't want to multiply unnecessary files if there's way around it.
Last edited by Lockheed (2015-02-26 09:37:25)

Lockheed wrote:
Raynman wrote:"from command line" is you feeding a (command) string to a shell. Your assumption is that systemd will treat whatever you put in ExecStart exactly the same as your shell would.
Not "is" but "was". Disappearance of that assumption was precisely the reason of starting this thread.
I had to read this a few times, but I think you mean it as follows. You assumed you could copy from the shell to the service file and it would work the same way. Then you got an error (about the abolute path) so that assumption "disappeared". So far so good. But you didn't exactly figure out what was different, you formed a new assumption and based your thread on that:
"systemd service files don't allow quotes" (title)
"Why is it not possible to use quotes in ExecStart= section of systemd service files"
"because systemd will not run it because of presence of quotes:"
Like frank604 says, quotes were never the issue (in fact, they are one of the few things with special meaning for both the shell and systemd), yet you still seem to think they were:
Lockheed wrote wrote:The actual wrong assumption on my part was that this command would run without quotes as service. It does not.
It is a shame you only quote the first part of my last reply and ignore the questions in the second part. You did almost the same thing with my reply before that and I suspect you also didn't read the man page I mentioned the first time. You basically give me the impression that you think you have it all figured out (even though you come here looking for help) and my follow-up questions aren't worth your time. That usually makes me "move along" pretty quickly, but I'm trying one last time, because even though "The service now works", I'd like to see that you actually understand why it didn't work before.
The only thing you really answered was "Changing paths to absolute made no difference.", but that shouldn't be, so when you mentioned empirical evidence, I basically repeated the question asking for some of this evidence (as in exact error messages for one or more modified ExecStart lines).
When I take your service file and give wget an absolute path, systemd happily executes wget, but then wget complains because it gets "&&" and "cp" and "--save" etc. as arguments. Those errors are what I see in systemctl status/journal, no longer anything about an absolute path. This is because "&&" has no special meaning. You can use semicolons (";") to separate commands instead (explained in the man page section on command lines) or multiple ExecStart lines like frank604 used (which is cleaner IMO).

Doh! How do I make a simple systemd service...? [SOLVED]

I've procrastinated long enough.
I have a few symbolic links from various locations that all lead to directories in /tmp or /dev/shm. These directories were simply created by mkdir in rc.local, and I've forgotten about it sometime ago.
I want systemd to do something like:
mkdir -p /tmp/foo/bar
chmod -R o+rw /tmp/foo/bar
everytime I start up my computer. I used to have it all in rc.local and it's far simpler than what most people's startup scripts look like.
I tried making this service file, but I'm doing something wrong (due to my lack of understanding, please forgive me). It shows up as a static service.
[Unit]
Description=rc.local ported to systemd
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/rc.local
The rc.local file referenced was simply copied before initscripts were removed. It contains the series of mkdir and chmod commands (and nothing more).
-ak
Last edited by akspecs (2013-02-18 03:27:43)

cfr wrote:I *think* the way to do this is with temp files but I've never actually had to use these myself. Bound to be in the wiki, though.
the manpage for this is tmpfiles.d (5).

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