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Registered: 2015-09-23

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problem in auto start prime

hi
i want to autostart prime with systemd/timer.and these are my files:

$ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/prime.service

i wrote in it:

[Unit]
Description=Dual Graphic Technology 

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=xrandr --setprovideroffloadsink nouveau Intel

[Install]
RequiredBy=multi-user.targe

and define timer unit:

$ sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/prime.timer

and write:

[Unit]
Description=Run prime.service every boot system

[Timer]
OnBootSec=1min
Unit=prime.service

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

and enable timer:

sudo systemctl enable prime.timer
sudo systemctl start prime.timer

but when i reboot no action heppen!
and this is status of prime.service:

saeed@saeed ~]$ sudo systemctl status prime.service 
● prime.service - Dual Graphic Technology
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/prime.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2016-04-02 22:07:39 IRDT; 12s ago
  Process: 10951 ExecStart=/home/saeed/Documents/Scripts/prime.sh (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
 Main PID: 10951 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

Apr 02 22:07:39 saeed systemd[1]: Started Dual Graphic Technology.
Apr 02 22:07:39 saeed systemd[1]: prime.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Apr 02 22:07:39 saeed systemd[1]: prime.service: Unit entered failed state.
Apr 02 22:07:39 saeed systemd[1]: prime.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

any idea?

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: problem in auto start prime

xrandr commands only work AFTER X has started .

There are logical places to put this command, like ~/.xinitrc for startx users, and autostart functionality for display managers.

IF you insist on using a systemd timer to run the xrandr command :

Have the timer fire after graphical.target has been reached but before your display manager starts.

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Docbroke

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Registered: 2015-06-13

Posts: 1,433

Re: problem in auto start prime

in addition to what has been said above, you will need to use absolute path with systemd, so simply "xrandr" will not work.

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jasonwryan

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Re: problem in auto start prime

Not a Sysadmin issue, moving to NC...

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