Coffee2CodeNL/gebaar-libinput

Running using systemd doesn't see the configuration

hoshsadiq opened this issue · 6 comments

hoshsadiq commented

So after I raised #21 I realised that when I run gebaard using systemd it doesn't pick up any gestures, so after debugging, I tried realised the reason is that systemd runs the binary as root, ergo it's probably reading the gestures config from root as well. I'm guessing there is currently no functionality to get this corrected. Any chance we can get it to look for the current logged in user's config file?

Coffee2CodeNL commented

Make it a user level systemd unit ;)

hoshsadiq commented

Cool, would you be up for allowing this functionality? Reason is that I am planning to install this on multi-user desktops, and while I will have root access, it's just simpler and easier to not let user's have access over it.

vimpostor commented

You do not need root access for that at all, you should read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User for the proper way of letting users start systemd services for themselfes.

hoshsadiq commented

I'm trying to take the control away from users so they don't have to do it. Also, I'm running into a problem where the unit just isn't starting up when the computer starts unless I manually run systemctl --user start gebaard. Any ideas why that might be?

vimpostor commented

You have probably forgotten to enable the service.

Also I think that automatically enabling it for every user is not the right choice. It is common practise to vendor disable the services for such programs, then users can enable them themself.

What should probably be done, that in the packaging process, the existing desktop file is installed system wide, such that users can enable Autostart in their desktop environment with a graphical menu, like this: https://camo.githubusercontent.com/638b3ec563d8b1e0a05a04610c889facb43b7f64/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4f7849654c376c2e706e67

hoshsadiq commented

You have probably forgotten to enable the service.

I have enabled it, but still when I get logged in, it won't start up without me manually starting it.

$ systemctl --user status gebaard     
● gebaard.service - Gebaar Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/home/hosh/.config/systemd/user/gebaard.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-04-06 23:55:15 BST; 3 days ago
     Docs: https://github.com/Coffee2CodeNL/gebaar-libinput
 Main PID: 4350 (gebaard)
   CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/gebaard.service
           └─4350 /usr/local/bin/gebaard

What should probably be done, that in the packaging process, the existing desktop file is installed system wide, such that users can enable Autostart in their desktop environment with a graphical menu

Personally I think gebaard is more a thing that should be managed by whatever init system is in use rather than as a desktop entry.

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