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PAdu92

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[systemd] How to disable a service at boot? [solved]

Hi all,
I just did a stupid too early reboot on my Archlinux machine after the new network update. So I missed a step and don't have network connection to access SSH on that machine.
Also, I have XBMC installed and has a service file that loads XBMC at boot so I can't get to a terminal. How can I disable XBMC service? Maybe a command for grub 2?

Last edited by PAdu92 (2013-04-15 21:26:28)

HalosGhost

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Re: [systemd] How to disable a service at boot? [solved]

Just jump over to a tty (typically ctrl+alt+F2 will be the next available). As for disabling services in systemd:

# systemctl disable <name of service>.service

Please read the systemd man-pages, they are very well-written and cover everything you need to know.

All the best,

-HG

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teateawhy

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Re: [systemd] How to disable a service at boot? [solved]

Try passing these arguments on the kernel command line via GRUB :
systemd.unit=multi-user.target
systemd.unit=emergency.target
Source: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd#B … mmand_Line

PAdu92

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Re: [systemd] How to disable a service at boot? [solved]

Thanks