Systemd/User - autologin

I have nearly fresh Arch on computer and I wanted to have autologin. To make this work, I used this solution. I don't know what I did wrong, but after this my system couldn't start (I don't remember what Bash said, because it was some weeks ago). I think I could badly link mystuff.target to default.target. I did:
ln eregus/home/.config/systemd/user/mystuff.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
To fix it, I chrooted to my system from ArchCD and did:
rm /etc/systemd/system/default.target
Afterwards, system still can't start. There's just "recovering journal" forever and nothing happens. Oh and it says about problem with starting DSP, if it makes any change.
Any suggestions?
Last edited by Eregus (2013-05-05 10:18:38)

You are confusing the system manager and the user manager. /usr/lib/systemd and /etc/systemd are for system-wide units. You need to link ~/.config/systemd/user/default.target to mystuff.target. To avoid mistakes like this, let systemctl create the symlinks for you, as recommended in the manual.
You can fix it the way jv2112 says. So you'll have to chroot in again, or you specify systemd.unit=graphical.target or multi-user.target as a kernel parameter (in grub/syslinux menu, ) to boot your system normally. With the latter method, systemd is running, so you can use the safe way:
# systemctl enable graphical.target
Eregus wrote:What's the difference between /etc/systemd/system/default.target and /usr/lib/systemd/system/default.target?
/usr/lib is installation default, /etc overrides this for configuration specific to your system.
Last edited by Raynman (2013-05-05 14:10:02)

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    # (available from <http://www.willwap.co.uk/Programs/vbrfix.php>), at which
    # point gapless MP3 playback can be enabled.
    gapless_mp3_playback "yes"
    # Setting "restore_paused" to "yes" puts MPD into pause mode instead
    # of starting playback after startup.
    #restore_paused "no"
    # This setting enables MPD to create playlists in a format usable by other
    # music players.
    #save_absolute_paths_in_playlists "no"
    # This setting defines a list of tag types that will be extracted during the
    # audio file discovery process. The complete list of possible values can be
    # found in the mpd.conf man page.
    #metadata_to_use "artist,album,title,track,name,genre,date,composer,performer,disc"
    # This setting enables automatic update of MPD's database when files in
    # music_directory are changed.
    auto_update "yes"
    # Limit the depth of the directories being watched, 0 means only watch
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    auto_update_depth "3"
    # Symbolic link behavior ######################################################
    # If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following
    # symbolic links outside of the configured music_directory.
    #follow_outside_symlinks "yes"
    # If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following
    # symbolic links inside of the configured music_directory.
    #follow_inside_symlinks "yes"
    # Zeroconf / Avahi Service Discovery ##########################################
    # If this setting is set to "yes", service information will be published with
    # Zeroconf / Avahi.
    #zeroconf_enabled "yes"
    # The argument to this setting will be the Zeroconf / Avahi unique name for
    # this MPD server on the network.
    #zeroconf_name "Music Player"
    # Permissions #################################################################
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    # can setting can be specified multiple times for different password profiles.
    #password "password@read,add,control,admin"
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    #default_permissions "read,add,control,admin"
    # Database #######################################################################
    #database {
    # plugin "proxy"
    # host "other.mpd.host"
    # port "6600"
    # Input #######################################################################
    input {
    plugin "curl"
    proxy "proxy.isp.com:8080"
    proxy_user "user"
    proxy_password "password"
    # Audio Output ################################################################
    # MPD supports various audio output types, as well as playing through multiple
    # audio outputs at the same time, through multiple audio_output settings
    # blocks. Setting this block is optional, though the server will only attempt
    # autodetection for one sound card.
    # An example of an ALSA output:
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    # type "alsa"
    # name "My ALSA Device"
    ## device "hw:0,0" # optional
    ## mixer_type "hardware" # optional
    ## mixer_device "default" # optional
    ## mixer_control "PCM" # optional
    ## mixer_index "0" # optional
    audio_output {
    type "pulse"
    name "pulse audio"
    format "48000:16:2"
    server "127.0.0.1"
    ## sink "remote_server_sink" # optional
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    #audio_output {
    # type "oss"
    # name "My OSS Device"
    ## device "/dev/dsp" # optional
    ## mixer_type "hardware" # optional
    ## mixer_device "/dev/mixer" # optional
    ## mixer_control "PCM" # optional
    # An example of a shout output (for streaming to Icecast):
    #audio_output {
    # type "shout"
    # encoding "ogg" # optional
    # name "My Shout Stream"
    # host "localhost"
    # port "8000"
    # mount "/mpd.ogg"
    # password "hackme"
    # quality "5.0"
    # bitrate "128"
    # format "44100:16:1"
    ## protocol "icecast2" # optional
    ## user "source" # optional
    ## description "My Stream Description" # optional
    ## url "http://example.com" # optional
    ## genre "jazz" # optional
    ## public "no" # optional
    ## timeout "2" # optional
    ## mixer_type "software" # optional
    # An example of a recorder output:
    #audio_output {
    # type "recorder"
    # name "My recorder"
    # encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame
    # path "/var/lib/mpd/recorder/mpd.ogg"
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    # bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined
    # format "44100:16:1"
    # An example of a httpd output (built-in HTTP streaming server):
    #audio_output {
    # type "httpd"
    # name "My HTTP Stream"
    # encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame
    # port "8000"
    # bind_to_address "0.0.0.0" # optional, IPv4 or IPv6
    ## quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined
    # bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined
    # format "44100:16:1"
    # max_clients "0" # optional 0=no limit
    # An example of a pulseaudio output (streaming to a remote pulseaudio server)
    #audio_output {
    # type "pulse"
    # name "My Pulse Output"
    ## server "remote_server" # optional
    ## sink "remote_server_sink" # optional
    # An example of a winmm output (Windows multimedia API).
    #audio_output {
    # type "winmm"
    # name "My WinMM output"
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    # or
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    ## mixer_type "hardware" # optional
    # An example of an openal output.
    #audio_output {
    # type "openal"
    # name "My OpenAL output"
    ## device "Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)" # optional
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    #audio_output {
    # type "pipe"
    # name "my pipe"
    # command "aplay -f cd 2>/dev/null"
    ## Or if you're want to use AudioCompress
    # command "AudioCompress -m | aplay -f cd 2>/dev/null"
    ## Or to send raw PCM stream through PCM:
    # command "nc example.org 8765"
    # format "44100:16:2"
    ## An example of a null output (for no audio output):
    #audio_output {
    # type "null"
    # name "My Null Output"
    # mixer_type "none" # optional
    # If MPD has been compiled with libsamplerate support, this setting specifies
    # the sample rate converter to use. Possible values can be found in the
    # mpd.conf man page or the libsamplerate documentation. By default, this is
    # setting is disabled.
    #samplerate_converter "Fastest Sinc Interpolator"
    # Normalization automatic volume adjustments ##################################
    # This setting specifies the type of ReplayGain to use. This setting can have
    # the argument "off", "album", "track" or "auto". "auto" is a special mode that
    # chooses between "track" and "album" depending on the current state of
    # random playback. If random playback is enabled then "track" mode is used.
    # See <http://www.replaygain.org> for more details about ReplayGain.
    # This setting is off by default.
    replaygain "album"
    # This setting sets the pre-amp used for files that have ReplayGain tags. By
    # default this setting is disabled.
    replaygain_preamp "0"
    # This setting sets the pre-amp used for files that do NOT have ReplayGain tags.
    # By default this setting is disabled.
    #replaygain_missing_preamp "0"
    # This setting enables or disables ReplayGain limiting.
    # MPD calculates actual amplification based on the ReplayGain tags
    # and replaygain_preamp / replaygain_missing_preamp setting.
    # If replaygain_limit is enabled MPD will never amplify audio signal
    # above its original level. If replaygain_limit is disabled such amplification
    # might occur. By default this setting is enabled.
    #replaygain_limit "yes"
    # This setting enables on-the-fly normalization volume adjustment. This will
    # result in the volume of all playing audio to be adjusted so the output has
    # equal "loudness". This setting is disabled by default.
    #volume_normalization "no"
    # MPD Internal Buffering ######################################################
    # This setting adjusts the size of internal decoded audio buffering. Changing
    # this may have undesired effects. Don't change this if you don't know what you
    # are doing.
    #audio_buffer_size "4096"
    # This setting controls the percentage of the buffer which is filled before
    # beginning to play. Increasing this reduces the chance of audio file skipping,
    # at the cost of increased time prior to audio playback.
    #buffer_before_play "10%"
    # Resource Limitations ########################################################
    # These settings are various limitations to prevent MPD from using too many
    # resources. Generally, these settings should be minimized to prevent security
    # risks, depending on the operating resources.
    #connection_timeout "60"
    #max_connections "10"
    #max_playlist_length "16384"
    #max_command_list_size "2048"
    #max_output_buffer_size "8192"
    # Character Encoding ##########################################################
    # If file or directory names do not display correctly for your locale then you
    # may need to modify this setting.
    #filesystem_charset "UTF-8"
    # This setting controls the encoding that ID3v1 tags should be converted from.
    #id3v1_encoding "ISO-8859-1"
    # SIDPlay decoder #############################################################
    # songlength_database:
    # Location of your songlengths file, as distributed with the HVSC.
    # The sidplay plugin checks this for matching MD5 fingerprints.
    # See http://www.c64.org/HVSC/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.faq
    # default_songlength:
    # This is the default playing time in seconds for songs not in the
    # songlength database, or in case you're not using a database.
    # A value of 0 means play indefinitely.
    # filter:
    # Turns the SID filter emulation on or off.
    #decoder {
    # plugin "sidplay"
    # songlength_database "/media/C64Music/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.txt"
    # default_songlength "120"
    # filter "true"
    /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/pulseaudio [not sure if I even need this?]
    #!/bin/bash
    case "$DESKTOP_SESSION" in
    gnome|kde*|xfce*) # PulseAudio is started via XDG Autostart
    # Extra checks in case DESKTOP_SESSION is not set correctly
    if [[ -z $KDE_FULL_SESSION && -z $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID ]]; then
    /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11
    fi
    esac
    /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
    # This file is part of PulseAudio.
    # PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
    # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    # (at your option) any later version.
    # PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
    # General Public License for more details.
    # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
    # along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
    # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
    # USA.
    ## Configuration file for the PulseAudio daemon. See pulse-daemon.conf(5) for
    ## more information. Default values are commented out. Use either ; or # for
    ## commenting.
    ; daemonize = no
    ; fail = yes
    ; allow-module-loading = yes
    ; allow-exit = yes
    ; use-pid-file = yes
    ; system-instance = no
    ; local-server-type = user
    ; enable-shm = yes
    ; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB
    ; lock-memory = no
    ; cpu-limit = no
    ; high-priority = yes
    ; nice-level = -11
    ; realtime-scheduling = yes
    ; realtime-priority = 5
    exit-idle-time=0
    ; exit-idle-time = 20
    ; scache-idle-time = 20
    ; dl-search-path = (depends on architecture)
    ; load-default-script-file = yes
    ; default-script-file = /etc/pulse/default.pa
    ; log-target = auto
    log-level = error
    ; log-meta = no
    ; log-time = no
    ; log-backtrace = 0
    resample-method = speex-float-7
    ; enable-remixing = yes
    ; enable-lfe-remixing = no
    flat-volumes = no
    ; rlimit-fsize = -1
    ; rlimit-data = -1
    ; rlimit-stack = -1
    ; rlimit-core = -1
    ; rlimit-as = -1
    ; rlimit-rss = -1
    ; rlimit-nproc = -1
    ; rlimit-nofile = 256
    ; rlimit-memlock = -1
    ; rlimit-locks = -1
    ; rlimit-sigpending = -1
    ; rlimit-msgqueue = -1
    ; rlimit-nice = 31
    ; rlimit-rtprio = 9
    ; rlimit-rttime = 1000000
    default-sample-format = s24le
    default-sample-rate = 48000
    ; alternate-sample-rate = 48000
    ; default-sample-channels = 2
    ; default-channel-map = front-left,front-right
    default-fragments = 2
    default-fragment-size-msec = 76
    ; enable-deferred-volume = yes
    ; deferred-volume-safety-margin-usec = 8000
    ; deferred-volume-extra-delay-usec = 0
    /etc/pulse/default.pa
    #!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
    # This file is part of PulseAudio.
    # PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    # under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
    # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    # (at your option) any later version.
    # PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
    # General Public License for more details.
    # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
    # along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
    # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
    # This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
    # (i.e. not in system mode)
    .nofail
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    #load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav
    #load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
    #load-sample-lazy pulse-coldplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
    #load-sample-lazy pulse-access /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav
    .fail
    ### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
    load-module module-device-restore
    load-module module-stream-restore
    load-module module-card-restore
    ### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
    ### stored in /usr/share/application
    load-module module-augment-properties
    ### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect
    load-module module-switch-on-port-available
    ### Load audio drivers statically
    ### (it's probably better to not load these drivers manually, but instead
    ### use module-udev-detect -- see below -- for doing this automatically)
    #load-module module-alsa-sink
    #load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
    #load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
    #load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
    #load-module module-null-sink
    #load-module module-pipe-sink
    ### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
    .ifexists module-udev-detect.so
    load-module module-udev-detect
    .else
    ### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
    load-module module-detect
    .endif
    ### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
    .ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
    .nofail
    load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
    .fail
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    ### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
    #.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
    #load-module module-bluetooth-policy
    #.endif
    #.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
    #load-module module-bluetooth-discover
    #.endif
    ### Load several protocols
    .ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
    load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
    .endif
    load-module module-native-protocol-unix
    ### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
    ### here if you plan to use paprefs)
    #load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
    load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1
    #load-module module-zeroconf-publish
    ### Load the RTP receiver module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
    #load-module module-rtp-recv
    ### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
    #load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 sink_properties="device.description='RTP Multicast Sink'"
    #load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor
    ### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
    ### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
    ### loaded modules.
    .ifexists module-gconf.so
    .nofail
    load-module module-gconf
    .fail
    .endif
    ### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
    ### during runtime
    ### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
    ### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
    load-module module-default-device-restore
    ### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
    ### connected to dies, similar for sources
    load-module module-rescue-streams
    ### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
    load-module module-always-sink
    ### Honour intended role device property
    load-module module-intended-roles
    ### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
    load-module module-suspend-on-idle
    ### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
    ### when no local session needs us anymore.
    .ifexists module-console-kit.so
    load-module module-console-kit
    .endif
    .ifexists module-systemd-login.so
    load-module module-systemd-login
    .endif
    ### Enable positioned event sounds
    load-module module-position-event-sounds
    ### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
    load-module module-role-cork
    ### Modules to allow autoloading of filters (such as echo cancellation)
    ### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters
    ### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of
    ### loading modules and rerouting streams.
    load-module module-filter-heuristics
    load-module module-filter-apply
    # X11 modules should not be started from default.pa so that one daemon
    # can be shared by multiple sessions.
    ### Load X11 bell module
    #load-module module-x11-bell sample=bell-windowing-system
    ### Register ourselves in the X11 session manager
    #load-module module-x11-xsmp
    ### Publish connection data in the X11 root window
    #.ifexists module-x11-publish.so
    #.nofail
    #load-module module-x11-publish
    #.fail
    #.endif
    ### Make some devices default
    #set-default-sink output
    #set-default-source input
    ~/.xinitrc [currently using daemon mpd]
    #!/bin/sh
    # ~/.xinitrc
    # Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
    if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
    for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
    done
    unset f
    fi
    #if grep -q "state: pause" /home/quiv/.config/mpd/state; then
    # mpc toggle
    #fi
    #mpd ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf
    ~/.config/bspwm/panel/notify_mpd
    xrdb ~/.Xresources
    xset +fp ~/.fonts
    xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/misc
    xset fp rehash
    xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr &
    # imlibsetroot -x e -s f /home/quiv/Pictures/bloom_one_desktop.jpg
    sh ~/.fehbg &
    compton -CGb --backend glx --paint-on-overlay --vsync opengl-swc &
    # exec gnome-session
    # exec startkde
    # exec startxfce4
    # ...or the Window Manager of your choice
    sxhkd &
    exec bspwm
    ~/.zprofile [currently trying to use systemd/User]
    #[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
    EDIT:A small update; it seems I don't need to have /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf when using systemd to manag my user session as I removed it and I'm both automatically logged on and in X-session.
    Last edited by quiv (2014-07-05 13:40:30)

    o_caino wrote:
    Setting mpd as a systemd user service is very simple. This is what I did.
    In ~/.config/systemd/user/mpd.service
    [Unit]
    Description=Music Player Daemon
    After=network.target sound.target
    [Service]
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/mpd --no-daemon
    ExecStop=/usr/bin/mpd --kill
    [Install]
    WantedBy=default.target
    To enable
    systemctl --user enable mpd
    Done.
    Well shit. I guess I didn't need to do all that other stuff. I only wish I'd known about this before wasting most of my day. Thank you very much, everything appears to be working flawlessly now.

  • [SOLVED] systemd --user: "Failed to open private bus connection:"

    EDIT: The solution was to set DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS, as suggested by gtmanfred in irc.  By putting the following before executing systemd --user, the error vanished:
    export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=/run/user/$(id -u)/dbus/user_bus_socket
    ===================
    Original problem:
    Everything on my box appears to be working ok, but I'm getting this error consistently in tty1 and at the top of journalctl (as user) whenever I start systemd --user:
    systemd[3975]: Failed to open private bus connection: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
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    =====/usr/lib/systemd/user/dbus.service=====
    [Unit]
    Description=D-Bus System Message Bus
    Requires=dbus.socket
    [Service]
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --session --address=systemd: --nofork --systemd-activation
    ExecReload=/usr/bin/dbus-send --print-reply --session --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus / org.freedesktop.DBus.ReloadConfig
    =====/usr/lib/systemd/user/dbus.socket=====
    [Unit]
    Description=D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
    [Socket]
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    Active: active (running) since Tue 2013-02-05 14:50:30 EST; 22min ago
    Main PID: 369 (dbus-daemon)
    CGroup: name=systemd:/system/dbus.service
    └─369 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --no...
    Feb 05 14:50:30 sellers-laptop systemd[1]: Starting D-Bus System Message Bus...
    Feb 05 14:50:30 sellers-laptop systemd[1]: Started D-Bus System Message Bus.
    Feb 05 14:51:18 sellers-laptop dbus-daemon[369]: dbus[369]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Avahi' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service'
    Feb 05 14:51:18 sellers-laptop dbus[369]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Avahi' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service'
    Feb 05 14:51:18 sellers-laptop dbus[369]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service' for details.
    Feb 05 14:51:18 sellers-laptop dbus-daemon[369]: dbus[369]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service' for details.
    I'm not sure what the error even means or how to go about debugging it.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    Last edited by Feynman (2013-02-05 22:07:23)

    NVM...didn't notice it was already solved.
    Last edited by the sad clown (2013-02-05 22:33:10)

  • [SOLVED] Question about systemd-user-session

    Hi!
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    #!/bin/bash
    export BROWSER=chromium
    if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
    for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
    done
    unset f
    fi
    spacefm --desktop &
    compton -cGCf -m 0.9 -i 0.8 -D 5 --shadow-exclude 'g:e:Conky' &
    volumeicon &
    /home/federico/Script/touchpadoff_onboot.sh &
    #connman-ui-gtk &
    /home/federico/Script/calised-script &
    dimdaemon &
    tint2 -c .config/tint2/dragonauta.tint2rc &
    conky -p 5 -c Script/conky.conf &
    exec openbox
    1) is "if" statement required when using systemd-user-session? And if yes, how can I reproduce it?
    2) "conky -p 5 " will wait 5 seconds doing nothing. Will this mean that other .service will wait for it to finish? (i guess no, since they're executed in parallel).
    3) how can I export "chromium" as my default browser?
    Thank you very much!
    Last edited by nierro (2013-04-06 17:56:17)

    I followed everything in that wiki, and in KaiSforza and sofar github page.
    I finally managed to get my old method (autologin to vt and autostart x) to work together with systemd --user: i put in .xinitrc "systemd --user" and deleted everything else.
    So, my .config/systemd/user/ works. The problem is in the [email protected], i guess. I configured it like wiki says, mind to post here your /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]?
    Thanks.
    EDIT: here it is my [email protected]:
    # This file is part of systemd.
    # systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    # (at your option) any later version.
    [Unit]
    Description=User Manager for %I
    After=systemd-user-sessions.service
    # This is needed for folks running Xorg on vt/1
    Conflicts=[email protected]
    [Service]
    User=%I
    PAMName=login
    # Note memory:/ required kernel memory CGroups support
    ControlGroup=%R/user/%I/shared cpu:/ memory:/
    ControlGroupModify=yes
    Type=notify
    TTYPath=/dev/tty1
    ExecStart=-/usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
    Environment=DISPLAY=:0
    Environment=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/%U
    Environment=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/%U/dbus/user_bus_socket
    [Install]
    WantedBy=getty.target
    and loginctl says my user has "1000" as UID.
    Last edited by nierro (2013-04-05 16:13:14)

  • Systemd/user unit enabled but not auto-starting

    Hi,
    I enabled the systemd/user devmon unit but after login it shows
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    ● marchine
    State: running
    Jobs: 0 queued
    Failed: 0 units
    Since: Fri 2014-05-16 01:10:37 CEST; 2min 53s ago
    CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/[email protected]
    ├─466 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
    └─468 (sd-pam)
    ~> systemctl --user status devmon
    ● devmon.service - devmon Service
    Loaded: loaded (/home/a/.config/systemd/user/devmon.service; enabled)
    Active: inactive (dead)
    which I find strange because apparently the enabling worked but also manually starting devmon causes no problems at all:
    a@marchine ~> systemctl --user start devmon
    a@marchine ~> systemctl --user status devmon
    ● devmon.service - devmon Service
    Loaded: loaded (/home/a/.config/systemd/user/devmon.service; enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Fri 2014-05-16 01:18:20 CEST; 7s ago
    Main PID: 827 (devmon)
    CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/[email protected]/devmon.service
    ├─827 /bin/bash /usr/bin/devmon
    └─960 /usr/sbin/udevil --monitor
    I'm not saying that I surely made no mistakes in configuring systemd, I'm a newbie after all, I just can't really tell which part exactly causes the problem here.
    Thanks, y

    Strangely devmon.service does not appear in the log of the boot process at all.  However, it says something about the user session at some point, if that helps:
    May 16 22:16:43 marchine systemd[1]: Starting user-1000.slice.
    -- Defined-By: systemd
    -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
    May 16 22:16:44 marchine systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit autologin-on-boot.service, ignoring: Unit autologin-on-boot.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
    May 16 22:16:44 marchine systemd[1]: Started Permit User Sessions.
    -- Subject: Unit systemd-user-sessions.service has finished start-up
    -- Defined-By: systemd
    -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
    -- Unit systemd-user-sessions.service has finished starting up.
    But after starting devmon manually, the log says something about multiple instances:
    May 16 22:27:22 marchine systemd[260]: Starting devmon Service...
    -- Subject: Unit UNIT has begun with start-up
    -- Defined-By: systemd
    -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
    -- Unit UNIT has begun starting up.
    May 16 22:27:22 marchine systemd[260]: Started devmon Service.
    -- Subject: Unit UNIT has finished start-up
    -- Defined-By: systemd
    -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
    -- Unit UNIT has finished starting up.
    -- The start-up result is done.
    May 16 22:27:22 marchine devmon[1416]: WARNING: multiple instances of devmon appear to be running (my pid=1416):
    May 16 22:27:22 marchine devmon[1416]: 1416 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/devmon
    The service file looks like this (I didn't change anything):
    [Unit]
    Description=devmon Service
    [Service]
    Type=simple
    User=%i
    # Set DISPLAY for popup dialogs
    Environment=DISPLAY=:0
    EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/devmon
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/devmon $ARGS
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    As I said before, I found a workaround which does it for me at the moment.  I'm happy about any new informations which may help me to deal with similar problems in the future, but it's no emergency.
    Thanks, y

  • Systemd 206 systemd --user problem

    Hi!
    I was using xorg-launch-helper and user-session-units previously (systemd 204), and everything worked flawlessly.
    Since i upgraded to systemd 206, those units won't work. So i came back to old .xinitrc, autologin to vt and autostart x. Well...it isn't working.
    In .xinitrc I have "exec /usr/lib/systemd/systemd" so i guess that is the problem.
    In fact, just putting in .xinitrc
    #exec /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
    xfce4-panel &
    xfdesktop &
    exec xfwm4
    works as expected.
    What should i do in order to go on using my systemd --user session? And, if it is possible, how can i go on using xorg-launch-helper and user-session-units too?
    Thanks!
    EDIT: starting /usr/lib/systemd/systemd gives me:
    Failed to create root cgroup hierarchy: Permission denied
    Failed to allocate manager object: Permission denied
    Last edited by nierro (2013-07-23 15:51:33)

    falconindy wrote:Not at all related. You should never need to be a part of the audio group -- this is the point of uaccess and ACLs. Doing this can lead to problems, as you're seeing.
    Well, this is the first time that I've run into that rather small note in the wiki about systemd supposedly rendering most group membership redundant. So I've removed myself from those listed there, and now I'm really having issues:
    Previously mpv would simply complain about insufficient rights for playback, now it won't even find the soundcard (neither does alsamixer anymore). Similar for video playback, which (with opengl as vo) is now refused.
    Note that this is a relatively fresh setup (1 month) without any custom configuration for audio nor video.
    edit: Found the reason, methinks. I don't use a login manager and thus, without session management, the permissions granted by logind are apparently not transferred to the tty X actually runs on. Previously the group memberships still gave me all the missing permissions, no the don't anymore (for audio). I don't see anything immediately relevant to fix this in the wiki, but I'll update this post if I find a solution.
    edit2: After some misadventures with user@/slim, which brought me deeper into the troubles talked about in this thread (plus spontaneous xserver combustion, mpd still missing the same rights, zshenv ignored with user@, etc.), I noticed falconindy's fixes in systemd-git. Installed that, and whereas it would somewhat work now with slim (eg. with a session dependent tmux), it's back to the ever-so-outdated but perfectly working, minimal mingetty+groups again.
    Last edited by misc (2013-07-25 13:53:09)

  • Trying to setup systemd user instance

    Hi guys!
    For the past few days I have been trying to setup systemd to run a user instance (user is 'hans'). Sadly, I have been unable to find a lot of detail in doing this, so much of my work has been trial and error. Just recently I learned about the [email protected] and also about loginctl enable-linger. However to what degree they are related to setting up a user instance, I do not know. I set the user 'hans' to 'linger' using the loginctl enable-linger hans command, however I think I might have misunderstood the significance of the command in relation to what I am trying to do.
    What I want to for user 'hans' to have his own service file, i.e. irssi.service, and start/stop/enable/disable/etc that service independently of the system. I realize that I could use sudo and configure it to only allow certain commands, and more than that have individual 'system' services for each user, i.e. hansirssi.service, janeirssi.service, joeirssi.service, etc., but I don't want to have to do that unless there is no other option.
    So Question 1:
    Is it possible to setup up systemd user instances as I envision it? Or have I misunderstood something?
    My system:
    [root@ru ~]# uname -a
    Linux ru 3.5.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 15 08:12:04 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    The system is installed in a Proxmox virtual machine with a virtio virtual HDD and standard setup. It is a headless system. I have a complete systemd conversion as per the wiki plus polkit 0.107-2 for use with 'loginctl'.
    I tried:
    [root@ru ~]$ systemctl enable [email protected]
    The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.
    [root@ru ~]$ systemctl start [email protected]
    [root@ru ~]# systemctl status [email protected]
    [email protected] - User Manager for hans
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]; static)
    Active: active (running) since Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:33:07 +0100; 42min ago
    Main PID: 23189 (systemd)
    Status: "Startup finished in 822us."
    CGroup: name=systemd:/user/hans/shared
    â 23190 (sd-pam)
    â systemd-23189
    â 23189 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
    And on the user account hans I confirm that the service is running:
    [hans@ru ~]$ systemctl status [email protected]
    [email protected] - User Manager for hans
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]; static)
    Active: active (running) since Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:33:07 +0100; 13s ago
    Main PID: 23189 (systemd)
    Status: "Startup finished in 822us."
    CGroup: name=systemd:/user/hans/shared
    â 23190 (sd-pam)
    â systemd-23189
    â 23189 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
    But in regard to actually starting/stopping/enabling a user specific service, I keep getting this error:
    [hans@ru ~]$ systemctl start dummyservice.service
    Failed to issue method call: Access denied
    and when I try by accessing the 'user' instance, I get the following error:
    [hans@ru ~]$ systemctl --user
    Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
    The thing is that dbus is running:
    [root@ru ~]# systemctl status dbus
    dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dbus.service; static)
    Active: active (running) since Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:19:18 +0100; 24h ago
    Main PID: 248 (dbus-daemon)
    CGroup: name=systemd:/system/dbus.service
    â 248 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation
    Sep 21 18:12:40 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
    Sep 21 18:12:40 ru dbus[248]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
    Sep 21 18:17:50 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.26" (uid.../init ")
    Sep 21 18:17:50 ru dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.26" (uid=1000 pid=23167 c...n/init ")
    Sep 21 18:32:46 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.31" (uid.../init ")
    Sep 21 18:32:46 ru dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.31" (uid=1000 pid=23185 c...n/init ")
    Sep 21 18:35:45 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.34" (uid.../init ")
    Sep 21 18:35:45 ru dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.34" (uid=1000 pid=23195 c...n/init ")
    Sep 21 18:36:06 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.35" (uid.../init ")
    Sep 21 18:36:06 ru dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.35" (uid=1000 pid=23197 c...n/init ")
    Here is the full output from 'journalctl':
    Sep 21 18:17:50 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.26" (uid=1000 pid=23167 comm="systemctl enable [email protected] ") interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager" member="EnableUnitFiles" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.systemd1" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init ")
    Sep 21 18:17:50 ru dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.26" (uid=1000 pid=23167 comm="systemctl enable [email protected] ") interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager" member="EnableUnitFiles" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.systemd1" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init ")
    Sep 21 18:32:46 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.31" (uid=1000 pid=23185 comm="systemctl start [email protected] ") interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager" member="StartUnit" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.systemd1" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init ")
    Sep 21 18:32:46 ru dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.31" (uid=1000 pid=23185 comm="systemctl start [email protected] ") interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager" member="StartUnit" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.systemd1" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init ")
    Sep 21 18:33:07 ru systemd[23189]: Failed to open private bus connection: Failed to connect to socket /run/user/hans/dbus/user_bus_socket: No such file or directory
    Sep 21 18:35:45 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.34" (uid=1000 pid=23195 comm="systemctl start userservice ") interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager" member="StartUnit" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.systemd1" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init ")
    Sep 21 18:35:45 ru dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.34" (uid=1000 pid=23195 comm="systemctl start userservice ") interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager" member="StartUnit" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.systemd1" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init ")
    Sep 21 18:36:06 ru dbus-daemon[248]: dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.35" (uid=1000 pid=23197 comm="systemctl start userservice.service ") interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager" member="StartUnit" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.systemd1" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init ")
    Sep 21 18:36:06 ru dbus[248]: [system] Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.35" (uid=1000 pid=23197 comm="systemctl start userservice.service ") interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager" member="StartUnit" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.systemd1" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init ")
    Question 2:
    Why would dbus reject the 'messages', is there something I need to configure (permissions,...?) in order to get this to work?
    I suspect that it is my lacking knowledge to blame for this problem, which is why I have sought help here.
    EDIT#1:
    I forgot to show you what 'loginctl' was doing:
    [root@ru ~]# loginctl user-status hans
    hans (1000)
    Since: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:19:18 +0100; 24h ago
    State: lingering
    CGroup: name=systemd:/user/hans
    â shared
    â 23190 (sd-pam)
    â systemd-23189
    â 23189 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user
    Last edited by sunite (2012-09-21 18:17:35)

    I just went through the install process, read through the user-session-units doc, I was finally able to get the user instance working, no Dbus errors . However I decided to make sure and run 'dbus-monitor' within the user 'hans' and I got the following error message:
    Failed to open private bus connection: Failed to connect to socket /run/user/1000/dbus/user_bus_socket: No such file or directory
    I checked and there is no such file, however I checked the dbus.socket:
    [root@ru user]# cat /usr/lib/systemd/user/dbus.socket
    [Unit]
    Description=D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
    [Socket]
    ListenStream=%t/dbus/user_bus_socket
    And dbus.service:
    [root@ru user]# dbus-monitor
    Failed to open connection to session bus: Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
    [root@ru user]# cat /usr/lib/systemd/user/dbus.service
    [Unit]
    Description=D-Bus System Message Bus
    Requires=dbus.socket
    [Service]
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/dbus-daemon --session --address=systemd: --nofork --systemd-activation
    ExecReload=/usr/bin/dbus-send --print-reply --session --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus / org.freedesktop.DBus.ReloadConfig
    and as far as I can tell everything see alright there.
    EDIT#1:
    I just restarted the system to see if my symlink worked for the user-session service. It did, sort of, however the following error occured during boot:
    Sep 21 22:15:14 ru systemd[307]: Failed to open private bus connection: Failed to connect to socket /run/user/1000/dbus/user_bus_socket: No such file or directory
    Last edited by sunite (2012-09-21 21:22:11)

  • [Solved] Starting systemd --user as a systemd --system process?

    Hey guys,
    I would like to run systemd --user as a system service using this .service file I wrote:
    $ cat [email protected]
    [Unit]
    Description=Systemd --user instance for %I
    Documentation=man:systemd
    [Service]
    User=%I
    ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user --log-level=debug
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    I enabled it for my user using `systemctl enable systemd-user@evan`, however, when starting it it fails with the following errors:
    Jul 21 21:14:42 desktop systemd[12920]: systemd 204 running in user mode. (+PAM -LIBWRAP -AUDIT -SELINUX -IMA -SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ)
    Jul 21 21:14:42 desktop systemd[12920]: Using cgroup controller name=systemd. File system hierarchy is at /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/system/[email protected]/[email protected]/systemd-12920.
    Jul 21 21:14:42 desktop systemd[12920]: Failed to create root cgroup hierarchy: Permission denied
    Jul 21 21:14:42 desktop systemd[12920]: Failed to allocate manager object: Permission denied
    Is it possible to run systemd --user like this? Do I need to add something to my [email protected]?
    Last edited by EvanPurkhiser (2013-07-22 02:10:10)

    EDIT: I just realized that the systemd-user-session-units package will only include specific units at build-time weather I have have the programs or not. You're right, I should just use this package!
    Well, to be honest, maybe I'm trying to hack around a problem that doesn't even really exist, but I don't think the systemd-user-sessions-units package meets my needs.
    The way I would like to have my user sessions setup is something like this:
    I would like to have an instance of systemd --user always running under my user so I can keep things like transmission-daemon always running, even when I don't have a user session open. When I do start my user session (via logging into getty) I want to bring my systemd instance up to a certain target. For example, logging in via tty1 should bring up graphical.target, which will start X11 and all that, while logging into any other tty will start console.target (for stuff like ssh-agent etc).
    Thinking more about this I suppose there's really no reason I couldn't use the [email protected] from systemd-user-session-units, but since I won't use most of the other user units included, I would rather just not use it.
    Here's what my .profile looks like:
    if systemctl -q is-active systemd-user@evan
    then
    # Default systemd to the console target
    target="console"
    # If we're logging in from VT1 start the graphical target
    if [[ $XDG_VTNR == 1 ]] && ! systemctl --user -q is-active graphical.target &> /dev/null
    then
    export DISPLAY=:0
    target="graphical"
    fi
    # Set all environment variables in the systemd --user instance (still working on this)
    env | systemctl --user set-environment -
    # Bring up systemd --user to the specified target
    systemctl --user start ${target}.target
    fi
    source "$HOME/.bashrc"
    Last edited by EvanPurkhiser (2013-07-22 03:56:13)

  • Pulseaudio and systemd --user: DBus scope issues?

    Hi,
    I have a multi-seat setup, so I need user-wide pulseaudio and whatnot. I'm trying to setup my boot through systemd --user.
    Testing audio working apps are firefox, mpv, and mpd. The problem is:
    - If I start pulseaudio and mpd manually everything is fine (no use of systemd)
    - If I start pulseaudio through systemd no application has sound.
    - If I start pulseaudio and mpd through systemd only mpd has sound.
    raimundoyamtech~$ cat .config/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service
    [Unit]
    Description=PulseAudio Sound System
    After=sound.target
    [Service]
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    raimundoyamtech~$ cat .config/systemd/user/mpd.service
    [Unit]
    Description=Music Player Daemon
    After=network.target sound.target
    [Service]
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/mpd %h/.config/mpd/mpd.conf --no-daemon
    ExecStop=/usr/bin/mpd %h/.config/mpd/mpd.conf --kill
    Restart=always
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    If I add BusName=org.pulseaudio.Server to the pulseaudio.service nothing changes.
    Using pulseaudio's autospawn=yes leads to what seems to be same behaviour: mpd by systemd starts pulseaudio and is the only app with sound.
    ./config/pulse/client.conf only contains default-sink. Everything else is default.
    Using alsa alone is not an option because of firefox.
    Any thoughts?
    EDIT:
    raimundoyamtech~$ systemctl --version
    systemd 208
    +PAM -LIBWRAP -AUDIT -SELINUX -IMA -SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ
    raimundoyamtech~$ pulseaudio --version
    pulseaudio 4.0
    Last edited by Raimundo (2013-10-23 10:08:13)

    ewaller wrote:
    Please do not bump.   I understand the frustration; really, I do.  But, these are very active forums with some very good technical people lurking about.  I guarantee your post had been read.  I read it.  I did not have an answer, as I have never seen that behavior afore.   I am certain that was true for many other regulars.
    In the future, you can bring focus to a thread by providing more information..  Tell us what you have tried, what you have read since the last post, etc.  At least it gives the impression that you are working the problem rather than merely waiting for a response.
    I don't know almost anything about systemd, especially because it changes so rapidly and documention is so scarce and outdated that either I read the whole documentantion for my version in hopes of finding my problem (something for which I do not have time) or post a topic.
    I posted everything I touched regarding systemd since the installation of my system, that's all the relevant information I know I can give, so at this point I had no more info to give.
    Actually posting a topic is really my last resort, it usually means that I have already tried everything I knew and I'm hopeless already.
    raimundoyamtech~$ loginctl list-sessions
    SESSION UID USER SEAT
    2 1002 carla seat0
    1 1000 raimundo seat0
    2 sessions listed.
    raimundoyamtech~$ loginctl show-session 1
    Id=1
    Timestamp=Tue 2013-10-29 12:33:47 WET
    TimestampMonotonic=6670234
    VTNr=1
    TTY=tty1
    Remote=no
    Service=login
    Scope=session-1.scope
    Leader=1456
    Audit=1
    Type=tty
    Class=user
    Active=no <----- Is this what you are talking about?
    State=online
    IdleHint=yes
    IdleSinceHint=1383050072367636
    IdleSinceHintMonotonic=0
    Name=raimundo
    raimundoyamtech~$ loginctl show-session 2
    Id=2
    Timestamp=Tue 2013-10-29 12:33:47 WET
    TimestampMonotonic=6667439
    VTNr=2
    TTY=tty2
    Remote=no
    Service=login
    Scope=session-2.scope
    Leader=1453
    Audit=2
    Type=tty
    Class=user
    Active=no <----- Is this what you are talking about?
    State=online
    IdleHint=yes
    IdleSinceHint=1383050025387636
    IdleSinceHintMonotonic=0
    Name=carla
    raimundoyamtech~$ loginctl show-session 3
    Failed to issue method call: No such file or directory
    What is an active session? Oo Never heard of it
    I could start things. Pulseaudio started, so did mpd. I also have a /usr/lib/systemd/systemd --user process started for each user. I assumed this would be it since this
    raimundoyamtech~$ systemctl --user
    Failed to issue method call: Process /bin/false exited with status 1
    always happens and I've read that systemctl --user is no longer required.
    [EDIT]
    Fixed it. Don't remember where I read that it wasn't required, just that it was in the same place I found someone else complaining about getting this error.
    For anyone else encountering this: sed -i s/system-auth/system-login/g /etc/pam.d/systemd-user
    and systemctl --user will work. Insults fly out to the one who wrote it wasn't required!
    Still am not able to get an active session though
    [/EDIT]
    Why would there be a need for anything else? I'm gonna check on that. Thanks!
    See, the bump worked ^^ but ok I'll try to refrain from doing that next time. Sorry.
    Last edited by Raimundo (2013-10-29 16:27:55)

  • [Solved] Systemd user service and timer dbus error

    I have installed arch recently and added a few of my own services, for example the acpi_call commands and such. Now I want to create a systemd service that runs every 5 minutes and execute a script.
    I searched a lot and I found that I must use timers. I got the thing with the timers working, but because my script has to do with a specific user, I want it to run only every 5 minutes when i am logged in as that user.
    I tried to put the files in /etc/systemd/users, .config/local/users and all the possibilities but everytime i want to enable it, it says dbus connection refused.
    Can somebody please provide me a way to execute a systemd service every 5 minutes while I am logged in as a specific user?
    I did follow the wiki and created a dbus service and all. Everything works on that side but i can't enable my user service.
    thanks!
    Last edited by nopemopes (2015-03-25 11:10:06)

    jasonwryan wrote:
    What errors are you getting? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855
    Not a Sysadmin issue, moving to NC...
    sorry, didn't mean to be incomplete.
    The error says "Failed to get D-Bus connection: Connection refused".
    I did what the wiki said: Create the dbus files, enable them and such.
    No i put my service files + timer in the places mentioned by the wiki but everytime i try to enable them, that error shows up.
    systemctl status dbus gives me all good
    dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dbus.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
    Active: active (running) since ma 2015-03-23 19:39:24 CET; 1h 18min ago
    Docs: man:dbus-daemon(1)
    Main PID: 246 (dbus-daemon)
    CGroup: /system.slice/dbus.service
    └─246 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation
    mrt 23 19:39:34 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' unit='...ervice'
    mrt 23 19:39:34 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1....ectory.
    mrt 23 19:39:34 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' unit='...ervice'
    mrt 23 19:39:34 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1....ectory.
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    mrt 23 19:39:39 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
    mrt 23 19:47:01 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='...ervice'
    mrt 23 19:47:01 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
    mrt 23 20:51:38 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='...ervice'
    mrt 23 20:51:38 Jordy-Laptop dbus[246]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
    that's the log for dbus and these are my files:
    drive_sync.service
    [Unit]
    Description=Drive sync
    [Service]
    Type=simple
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    drive_sync.timer
    [Unit]
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    [Service]
    Type=simple
    ExecStart=drive_script.sh
    these files are located in ~/.config/systemd/user
    Last edited by nopemopes (2015-03-23 20:00:55)

  • [Solved] systemd-user-session: Best way to pass global ENV vars?

    Hey guys,
    So when using the [email protected] from the user-session-units what's the best / cleanest way to set global environment variables for that systemd --user instance (and thus, all programs spawned from it)?
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    Last edited by EvanPurkhiser (2013-08-12 03:02:48)

    I've more or less solved this using my own user-session units. I still don't know if my method would really be considered the proper way or not though.
    Last edited by EvanPurkhiser (2013-08-12 03:02:19)

  • [SOLVED] systemd/User, starting a Dependent service

    I am missing something simple here.  I have two services.  Once is dependent on the other.
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    Documentation=https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/wiki
    After=network.target
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    #User=%i
    Environment=STNORESTART=yes
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    SuccessExitStatus=2 3 4
    RestartForceExitStatus=3 4
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    Documentation=https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-inotify/blob/master/README.md
    After=network.target [email protected]
    [email protected]
    [Service]
    #User=%i
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/syncthing-inotify -logflags=0
    SuccessExitStatus=2
    Restart=on-failure
    ProtectSystem=full
    ProtectHome=read-only
    [Install]
    #WantedBy=multi-user.target
    WantedBy=default.target
    Installed it into my namespace, like I did with the parent service:
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    On system startup/login, the service is "Dead (inactive)."
    But, I can start it manually:
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    And the status of the service shows it logging and working, picking up changes, etc.
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    Last edited by eduncan911 (2015-05-25 14:39:38)

    mauritiusdadd wrote:
    Just a shot in the dark, but try to change the After= and Requires= lines in [email protected] to
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    Requires=syncthing@%i.service
    You know how you stay up late and everything you do right seems to be wrong?
    When I ran:
    systemctl status [email protected]
    ...it showed inactive (dead) and is the reason I made this thread. 
    Changed it to this:
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    Allowed me to see it started.  *head smack*
    And btw, I tried "syncthing@%i.service" and it worked too!  I reverted back to "[email protected]" to verify %i fixed it, but it started as well as before.  So "%i" seems agnostic and would work as well.

  • [SOLVED] systemd user unit for lsyncd

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    OUTPUT from "systemctl --user lsyncd.service":
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    Loaded: loaded (/home/maseone/.config/systemd/user/lsyncd.service; enabled)
    Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2014-08-28 18:14:50 PDT; 21min ago
    Process: 630 ExecStart=/home/maseone/.lsyncd/start_lsyncd_simple.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
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    [Install]
    WantedBy=default.target
    SCRIPT defined in ExecStart:
    #! /bin/sh
    /bin/lsyncd -log all /home/maseone/.lsyncd/lsyncd.lua
    Last edited by maseone (2014-08-29 04:07:58)

    firecat53 wrote:
    Try changing the service type to forking instead of simple. Or look for an lsycd option that keeps it running in the foreground.
    Scott
    Thanks for the pointer, it worked!  After reading in detail the different types available "forking" does seem the most appropriate type for a daemon written as lsyncd.  I believe using an lsyncd option named "detach" would have worked with the "simple" type but forking seemd more appropriate in my case.
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    WantedBy=default.target

  • [SOLVED] Getting my systemd user service to talk to dbus

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    [Unit]
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    Wants=network-online.target
    After=network-online.target
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    Type=oneshot
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/mbsync -a
    Any ideas how I can use secret-tool from within a systemd user service? The Wiki includes some information about DBus and systemd here but it looks a little outdated...
    Last edited by curiousleo (2015-05-22 22:02:33)

    barbae wrote:Please could you post the output of 'journalctl -b' just after user login into gnome through gdm?
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    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Created slice System Slice.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting System Slice.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
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    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
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    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Login Prompts.
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    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting User and Session Slice.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Reached target Slices.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Slices.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Started Create System Users.
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    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Daily verification of password and group files.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Reached target Sockets.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Sockets.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Reached target Basic System.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Basic System.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Login Service...
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Permit User Sessions...
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    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting D-Bus System Message Bus...
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Reached target Timers.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Timers.
    May 17 17:17:11 think3 systemd[1]: Started Permit User Sessions.
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    May 17 17:17:12 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Multi-User System.
    May 17 17:17:12 think3 systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical Interface.
    May 17 17:17:12 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Graphical Interface.
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    May 17 17:17:12 think3 systemd[1]: Starting User and Group Name Lookups.
    May 17 17:17:12 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Accounts Service...
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    May 17 17:17:13 think3 polkitd[443]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 polkitd[443]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 3 rules
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    May 17 17:17:13 think3 polkitd[443]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager.
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    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[1]: Started Accounts Service.
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    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 120...
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    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[1]: Started Session c1 of user gdm.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[1]: Starting Session c1 of user gdm.
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    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Starting Paths.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Reached target Timers.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Starting Timers.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Reached target Sockets.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Starting Sockets.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Reached target Basic System.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Starting Basic System.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Reached target Default.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Startup finished in 3ms.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[454]: Starting Default.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 120.
    May 17 17:17:13 think3 gnome-session[460]: glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
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    May 17 17:17:18 think3 gdm-password][674]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user leo by (uid=0)
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    May 17 17:17:18 think3 systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 1000...
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    May 17 17:17:18 think3 systemd[717]: Starting Synchronise e-mails and create database dump once a day.
    May 17 17:17:18 think3 systemd[717]: Reached target default.target.
    May 17 17:17:18 think3 systemd[717]: Startup finished in 13ms.
    May 17 17:17:18 think3 systemd[717]: Starting default.target.
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    May 17 17:17:18 think3 /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[725]: localuser:leo being added to access control list
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    May 17 17:17:19 think3 org.a11y.Bus[732]: Successfully activated service 'org.a11y.atspi.Registry'
    May 17 17:17:19 think3 org.a11y.atspi.Registry[756]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
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    May 17 17:20:48 think3 /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[725]: Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.seahorse.Application'

  • Systemd/user: tmux sessions get killed when stopping systemd session

    Following the wiki guide on systemd/user, I am now starting my X sessions using systemd unit files for my user.
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    Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-04-27 22:35:27)

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