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Debian setup for systemd networking.service and NetworkManager.service
My system has a single interface: wifi via wlan0. NetworkManager is the default. However, the system has several "networking services" enabled. Following is a list (the default) of the ...
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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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Error: Systemctl Failed to enable unit: Cannot alias service
This was previously working just fine, but a failed micro-sd card on a Raspberry Pi Zero W forced me to reinstall the system. The old system was running on an older release of the OS, so that could ...
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Systemd fails to restart a Python script with exit(0)
I have a working python script and systemd service script. But somehow it is not working the way I wanted it. The python script prints time every 5s but stops with exit(0) at first second of a minute. ...
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how to stop linger getting enabled
I have no idea why anybody thought "linger" was a good idea but I spend all my time, when setting up systems, turning it off. On a Raspberry pi (bookworm) I recently had need to do: # ...
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Display images using fbi on startup using systemd
I can successfully display images using the following command: sudo fbi -T 1 /home/pi/photo-screen/photos/*.jpg -t 4 I now want to start a slide show of those pictures as soon as the Raspberry PI ...
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Why did my service become masked?
I've provisioned a bunch of RPis with a systemd service that runs an instance of chromium-browser in kiosk mode, but on a few seemingly random devices it doesn't run. I checked the status just by ...
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Start of DHCP Client without any DHCP server delays the start of other services for a long time
On Bullseye (Debian) I have this in /var/log/syslog when no DHCP server is present on the network. Jul 10 10:45:05 localhost systemd[1]: Started DHCP Client Daemon. Jul 10 10:45:05 localhost dhcpcd[...
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ethercat install on ubuntu 23.04 RPi gives modprobe invalid argument error/empty MAC address?
Installing ethercat from https://gitlab.com/etherlab.org/ethercat.git to an RPi 3B v1.2 running Ubuntu Server 23.04 (32-bit). First time working with Ubuntu; more familiar with Raspbian. Spent a long ...
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Where to place config file created by systemd
I have a systemd service running on a Raspberry Pi that reads the configuration from EEPROM and converts it into the .env format. This allows other programs to easily parse the configuration later on. ...
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Sharing Ethernet connection with Wifi and USB ethernet using systemd-networkd
I am running Raspbian 11 on a Raspberry Pi 4 and have connected a USB Ethernet NIC. My goal is to allow clients to connect via Wi-Fi (wlan0) or the USB Ethernet adapter (eth1), then have the Raspberry ...
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journalctl -b -1 always shows the same log?
When reading the manual for journalctl I get the impression that -b -1 will show the boot one before the most recent. When I use it I'm always shown the same log. Did I misunderstand something? I've ...
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Systemd limit StandardOutput file size
I created a systemd service on my Pi 4 that writes std output to a file using StandardOutput=file:/file/location/file.log. Is there a way to limit the file size of the log file to prevent it from ...
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ifup fails when ran in systemd service, debian 10 (raspian)
I have a little script named wificheck: ifdown --force $1 sleep 4 ifup $1 Set it up in a systemd. If I run it as sudo ./script.sh wlan0 works fine, but if I run the process sudo systemctl start ...
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Logs are disappearing
I have written a program that logs to stderr. I run it as a service with systemd. Here's the unit file: [Unit] Description=Mi Scale Translator After=network.target [Service] Type=simple Restart=...
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