[SOLVED] Systemd User Services: Failed to connect to bus

farenhite451 · 2016-11-02 02:56:31

I've read several threads about starting systemd user services, including the wiki, and still haven't gotten through it so I'm posting here.

I'm attempting to start redshift using the following command:

sudo systemctl --user start redshift.service

I get the ouput:

 Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory

My system is up to date and redshift.service is present in /usr/lib/systemd/user. Here is the output of

systemctl status

http://pastebin.com/MtvVa1mH

It appears that the dbus service for my user is running, and my environment variables appear to be set correctly:

echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/usr/1000
echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus

as well as

echo $DISPLAY
:0
echo $XAUTHORITY
/home/alex/.Xauthority

my xinitrc file should run "/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-systemd-user.sh" (which is supposed to import DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY for systemd user) since it was based on the default provided in /etc/X11/xinitrc

First I attempted setting environment variables as described in the wiki using DefaultEnvironment in ~/.config/systemd/user.conf

[Manager]
DefaultEnvironment="XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000" "XAUTHORITY=/home/alex/.Xauthority" "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus"

Then I tried running

 dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd --all

as well as

 sudo systemctl --user import-environment

(with various environment variables) which also gives the "Failed to connect to bus" error

I'm unsure how to proceed from here. Appreciate any input

Last edited by farenhite451 (2016-11-02 03:33:02)

jasonwryan · 2016-11-02 02:57:24

You don't use elevated privileges for user services.

farenhite451 · 2016-11-02 03:32:16

Thank you!

fabioamd87 · 2018-12-26 23:10:24

Thanks.

WorMzy · 2018-12-26 23:19:14

Please don't necrobump or make empty posts.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping%22
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … mpty_posts

Closing.

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#1 2016-11-02 02:56:31

[SOLVED] Systemd User Services: Failed to connect to bus

#2 2016-11-02 02:57:24

Re: [SOLVED] Systemd User Services: Failed to connect to bus

#3 2016-11-02 03:32:16

Re: [SOLVED] Systemd User Services: Failed to connect to bus

#4 2018-12-26 23:10:24

Re: [SOLVED] Systemd User Services: Failed to connect to bus

#5 2018-12-26 23:19:14

Re: [SOLVED] Systemd User Services: Failed to connect to bus

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