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Stephen Ostermiller
Asked: 2015-05-09 12:26:23 +0800 CST

Configure xvfb for Vivid (15.04) as a service using systemd

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Vivid switched from upstart to systemd. I used to have xfvb configured to run as a service under updstart. That has now broken.

Under upstart, I had /etc/init/xvfb.conf:

description     "Xvfb X Server"
start on (net-device-up
    and local-filesystems
    and runlevel [2345])
stop on runlevel [016]
exec /usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24

and I could start it with sudo service xvfb start

Under 15.04, I now get this message when I try to use service to start xvfb:

Failed to start xvfb.service: Unit xvfb.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

What is the new way to configure xvfb to run as a service with systemd?

services

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Under systemd you create /etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service

    [Unit]
Description=X Virtual Frame Buffer Service
After=network.target

[Service] 
ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

    And then run

    sudo systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service

    At which point 

    sudo service xvfb start

    will start it:

    $ ps -elfwww | grep -i Xvfb
4 S root      7807     1  2  80   0 - 51102 poll_s 16:47 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24

    and 

    sudo service xvfb stop

    will kill it

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