not user unit

[papajoker]

Hi, kcmsystemd does not run with user units ( systemctl --user )

[rthomsen]

I have no experience in using user units in systemd. Can you explain in more detail what you mean?

[papajoker]

just the same but for one user

systemctl --user enable notify.timer
systemctl --user status notify
systemctl --user list-timers

all files are in ~/config/ and not in /etc/

~/.config/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/notify.timer
~/.config/systemd/user/notify.timer
~/.config/systemd/user/notify.service
~/.local/bin/notify.sh

after systemctl --user enable ... , the service is not present in kcmsystemd :(

[a-detiste]

Nice guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User

[rthomsen]

It seems it would be appropriate to add an additional tab with user units. However, there doesn't seem to be a dbus api for the user instance of systemd. Will have to investigate further...

[a-detiste]

qdbusviewerdebug tool show me two tabs with Session busand System bus

[a-detiste]

https://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qttools/source/54027185840ac15b1796903c75cddf15934d9a66:src/qdbus/qdbusviewer/main.cpp#L61-63

QDBusViewer *sessionBusViewer = new QDBusViewer(QDBusConnection::sessionBus());

[rthomsen]

The session bus does not contain a systemd service on my system...

[rthomsen]

Handling of user units has now been implemented. Can you test current master and see if it works correctly on your system?

[a-detiste]

I've tested yesterday, it works very nice!

I can't test everything because I have white-on-white tooltips; but that's a bug outside of kcmsystemd.

Notes:

• to be pedantic, there also exists user timers --> they should be added to Timers tab
• it would be a nice to allow filter out from the user tab the units that also exist on the system tab; to only keep user-exclusive units

[rthomsen]

Thanks for testing. I'm aware of user timers. I'm thinking about how to best implement that. They could be added to the same QTableView as the system timers or in a separate one... I was thinking it's best to add them to the same to avoid excessive tabs and then create an additional column stating whether it's a system or user timer.

[a-detiste]

Yeah, it's best to keep all timers together, maybe some stock icon is enough as a visual clue to diffenrentiate.

[rthomsen]

This has now been implemented...