Bug#860482: Missing dependencies for *xinit* and *dbus-x11* used in systemd service unit
Control: found -1 2:17.0+dfsg1-3
Control: fixed -1 2:17.6+dfsg1-2
Dear Paul and Johannes,
2017-12-25 23:52 GMT+01:00 Johannes Schauer <josch@debian.org>:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:39:24 +0200 Paul Menzel <pm.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> The systemd service unit file `/lib/systemd/system/kodi.service`
>> currently needs the binaries `/usr/bin/xinit` and `/usr/bin/dbus-
>> launch` [1].
>>
>> ```
>> ExecStart=/usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/kodi-standalone -- :0 -nolisten tcp vt7
>> ```
>>
>> Both executables are currently not present as the packages providing
>> these files -- *xinit* and *dbus-x11* -- are not dependencies.
>>
>> As the service file is disabled by default, I am unsure what rule
>> applies here. I'd prefer a dependency over a recommendation. Currently,
>> the installed size of *xinit* is 80 kB, and of *dbus-x11* 140 kB.
>
> That is not entirely correct. You also have to consider the reverse
> dependencies here. If installing these packages on a minimal system, then
> including Recommends, apt reports that "334 MB of additional disk space will be
> used."
>
> Without Recommends this goes down to 6354 kB but then you are also left without
> xserver-xorg or x-session-manager/x-window-manager.
>
> But even when these packages are installed, the provided kodi.service is still
> not functional because:
>
> /usr/bin/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server
>
> So in addition to installing these packages, one also has to edit
> /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config and add:
>
> allowed_users = anybody
>
> But even then it is questionable whether starting kodi like this via systemd is
> the right approach. Kodi is not a system-wide service. As it is implemented
> here, it is not possible to have a separate instance for each session. And
> according to FernetMenta, the author of Kodi's X11 windowing system kodi should
> never be started without a window manager [1]. The article under [1] also
> includes the kodi.service file from the Debian package but is declared as
> outdated.
>
> On the other hand, I was also unable to find the "right" way to start kodi
> automatically on bootup as the only running graphical application. I would
> suspect that the right way involves crafting a custom session that start all
> the necessary programs? So like a .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions/.
According to upstream's current recommendation I removed the .service
file and suggest starting Kodi from a user session, possibly with
auologin.
This makes the bug solved since there is no need for the extra
dependencies anymore.
Cheers,
Balint
>
> But I'm not an expert either. Just my 2c.
>
> Thanks!
>
> cheers, josch
>
>
> [1] http://kodi.wiki/view/Archive:HOW-TO:Autostart_Kodi_for_Linux
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