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How do I keep Fedora to try to suspend my system when idle?
I have a Fedora Linux system under my desk at home. It runs the Workstation setup (with GNOME) even though it mostly is used headless. It is my file server (samba), mail server (dovecot, mailman) and ...
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hostnamectl: source of Firmware Age
When I run hostnamectl command, I get this output: $ hostnamectl Static hostname: myhostname Icon name: computer-desktop Chassis: desktop 🖥 Machine ID: ...
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Can't get a systemd service to start in Fedora
I'm writing a systemd service that will literally do something "stupid," such as display an on-screen message at shutdown time, saying something such as "Thank you for using this ...
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How to list services are only in "disabled" preset via systemctl?
I want to know which services don't start automatically with system boot because PRESET mode is disabled via systemctl list-unit-files. Both commands produce an error message: systemctl list-unit-...
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systemd-random-seed.service takes a lot of time to start / timeout
I have a Linux device with several services of my own. Kernel: 4.14.151 systemd: systemd 249 (249.11-0ubuntu3.12) My services are written as sysvinit services and automatically generated as systemd ...
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Controlling what services are included in a systemd "slice"
I've re-written this opening paragraph... trying to hide my disdain for systemd. I'll settle for saying that I find systemd's "logic" baffling, and let it go at that. To get to the question: ...
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SpamAssassin fails to run with Systemd but works at CLI
I am trying to setup SpamAssassin on my mail server (Rocky Linux 9.5). Just a basic setup! This is the options variable at /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin: SPAMDOPTIONS="-d -c -m5 -H --create-prefs --...
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What happens when you run systemctl enable on a unit file that doesn't have an [Install] section?
When you run systemctl enable and provide it a service name, what happens if there is no [Install] section in the service? ❯ systemctl enable myapp.service The unit files have no installation config (...
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How to automatically start a GUI application when plugging in a USB device?
I want to automatically start a GUI application, whenever I plug in a certain USB device. When started, the application runs in the foreground and should not run as root. How can I do that? In my ...
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How to wait for child processes to finish and then restart the systemctl service to avoid downtime?
I have a situation where I want to migration from using system slice to ABC slice for a systemctl service. Now that service is running some child processes as well during communication from data plane ...
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How to run a systemd-enabled container with Podman?
I am trying to run a systemd-enabled container using Podman, specifically with a Rocky Linux base image. While I have seen multiple references to Podman supporting systemd, I haven't been able to set ...
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Does a systemd service send org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.PropertiesChanged signal at boot-up?
I have 2 systemd services. a.service b.service b depends on a but I don't want to explicitly mention the dependency in b.service file. Instead I am waiting on the org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties....
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How to handle different enp*s0 interfaces with networking.service?
I use the networking through the networking.service and the /etc/network/interfaces configuration file on a Debian 12 system (as shown here). Problem I added a GPU and after rebooting, the computer ...
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Systemd service does not start automatically at boot, service is enabled
I’m facing an issue with a systemd service I created on an Ubuntu 20.04.6 system running on an ARM64 platform. The service is supposed to execute a simple Bash script at boot, but it does not start ...
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Systemctl does not start my enabled service automatically on bootup
I have created and enabled my custom systemd 253.1 service file on Linux. I ran 'systemctl enable samba-container' successfully and the 'systemctl status' command shows that the service is enabled. I ...
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