How to have an /etc/xdg/autostart/app.desktop service wait for a (systemd) service?

Question

TLDR:

How to have an /etc/xdg/autostart/app.desktop service wait for a systemd service?

Long:

I have an app started by /etc/xdg/autostart/app.desktop that requires a systemd service to be started first.

I would like to avoid some sleep/wait/custom code if there is an existing tool for such purposes.

Is there some kind of wait_for_service_to_be_running <service-name> (systemd) command line tool?

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '18 at 12:36

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Create yourservice.service file, place it into /etc/systemd/system/ and run systemctl start yourservice by your .desktop file.

[Unit]
Requires=somesystemd.service
After=somesystemd.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/path/to/yourservice

Or you can replace app.desktop with systemd configuration. Create replacement.service as above with additional section:

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then run it with systemctl enable replacement.service.

answered Nov 29 '18 at 12:36

anatoly techtonik

/etc/xdg/autostart/ is for users when the desktop environment starts. /etc/systemd/system/ is for root. – adrelanos Jan 27 '19 at 05:57
@adrelanos systemd doesn't look into /etc/xdg/autostart - https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html# – anatoly techtonik Jan 28 '19 at 09:40
I am aware of that. My question remains the same. – adrelanos Jan 31 '19 at 05:02
I see. You don't want to rewrite desktop shortcut as a systemd service. – anatoly techtonik Feb 05 '19 at 08:52

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