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Mike Noe:
This might be expected behavior -- not sure.

I have a systemd (--user) unit script
--- Code: ---[Unit]
Description=JRiver
After=display-manager.service

[Service]
Type=simple
Environment=DISPLAY=:0
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mc27 /MediaServer
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
KillSignal=SIGHUP
TimeoutStopSec=45
LimitRTPRIO=100

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical.target

--- End code ---

systemctl --user start jriver.service works fine, journalctl reports success, but mediacenter never starts. I'm assuming because it's a "stub"?

Of course, setting ExecStart=mediacenter27 works fine.

erviv:
the ExecStart line should read
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mediacenter27 /MediaServer

not MC27
I see you also don't have the line:
User=your_user_here, which is in the instructions from mwilliams in his post from15 Jan 2020

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,123771.msg857001.html#msg857001

mwillems:

--- Quote from: erviv on February 20, 2021, 07:54:29 pm ---the ExecStart line should read
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mediacenter27 /MediaServer

not MC27
I see you also don't have the line:
User=your_user_here, which is in the instructions from mwilliams in his post from15 Jan 2020

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,123771.msg857001.html#msg857001

--- End quote ---

I think he's running the service as his user rather than as a systemwide service so he might not need the user entry.

Interestingly, if I run the new mc27 stub with no flags, it starts MC just fine, but adding the /MediaServer flag just returns success without starting MC.  So it's something about the flag that's confusing it I think.

JimH:

--- Quote from: mwillems on February 20, 2021, 08:05:49 pm ---Interestingly, if I run the new mc27 stub with no flags, it starts MC just fine, but adding the /MediaServer flag just returns success without starting MC.  So it's something about the flag that's confusing it I think.

--- End quote ---
Could just be running Media Server.

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