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Can’t figure out how to fix /system.slice/unsplashpi.service is not a snap cgroup error.

$ cat /etc/systemd/system/unsplashpi.service
[Unit]
Description=unsplashpi
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/run.sh
User=ubuntu
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

$ cat /home/ubuntu/run.sh
#! /bin/bash

startx /home/ubuntu/unsplashpi.sh &> /home/ubuntu/startx.log &

$ cat /home/ubuntu/unsplashpi.sh
#! /bin/bash

DISPLAY=:0 firefox --kiosk --private-window --width 1080 --height 1920 "https://askubuntu.com" &

while :
do
  sleep 60
done

$ cat /home/ubuntu/startx.log
…
/system.slice/unsplashpi.service is not a snap cgroup
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  • Running sudo loginctl enable-linger ubuntu solves issue but not sure it’s an elegant solution. – sunknudsen Aug 21 '23 at 21:34
  • Are you open to using the ~/.config/autostart directory instead of a systemd service? – user535733 Aug 21 '23 at 23:47
  • Just wondering, why take the long route so the service runs under a normal user at the end? ... Won't a user service be a better fit for this task? ... Also It's not quiet obvious to me why linger would be needed in that situation, please see what's going on under the hood in a user login session regarding cgroups/scopes ...etc. https://askubuntu.com/a/1471031 which is rather too technical but might help. – Raffa Aug 22 '23 at 06:37

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