[graysky]

I tried but no luck.

Code:

% sudo find /usr -type f -name '*trigger*.service'
/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-udev-trigger.service

So inserted it:

Code:

% grep -i after /usr/lib/systemd/system/xbmc.service
After = systemd-user-sessions.service network.target systemd-udev-trigger.service

Then started xbmc.service but same problem.

Code:

% sudo systemctl daemon-reload
% sudo systemctl start xbmc.service

[fritsch]

-> arch forum that's the way we start it on ubuntu and there is no single problem with the audio hardware.

Code:

# xbmc-upstart
# starts XBMC on startup by using xinit.
# by default runs as xbmc, to change edit below.
env USER=xbmc

emits xbmc-started
description     "XBMC-barebones-upstart-script"
author          "Matt Filetto"

start on (filesystem and stopped udevtrigger)
stop on runlevel [016]

# tell upstart to respawn the process if abnormal exit
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
limit nice 21 21

script
exec su -c "xinit /usr/bin/xbmc --standalone -- /usr/bin/X -bs -nolisten tcp :0" $USER
end script

[graysky]

Thank you for the info. I believe Ubuntu uses pulseaudio by default, no? I suspect the problem lies with my xbmc.service. I would like to use PA, but need to figure out how to have the xbmc.service start after it is properly initialized. I opened a bugzilla with systemd and hopefully one of the experts can help.

[fritsch]

No - we ship plain ALSA with xbmcbuntu.

[fritsch]

For the time being, check again the arch wiki and use lightdm to start your xbmc session it can be found on the xbmc entry. From what I see arch deprecated that systemd script anyways since the xorg 1.16 update.

[graysky]

Yes, the script has been deprecated but I am packaging it via the AUR package named xbmc-standalone-service. If you read the bug report against xbmc (really due to xorg 1.16 as you pointed out), Arch devs do not want to have to add the /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config so they pulled the service and post install script creating the xbmc user/groups and pointed the package to the wiki.

I don't like ightdm:

1) I don't think it auto restarts if xbmc crashes
2) For security, the xbmc user should not have shell access; from /etc/passwd: xbmc:x:420:420:XBMC user:/var/lib/xbmc:/usr/bin/nologin

[Kib]

1. It does on xbmcbuntu
2. Not sure if it is needed