user systemd services are not started on login

[Jonathan Kamens]

I have two user systemd services, which you can see running here:

● [hostname elided]
    State: running
     Jobs: 0 queued
   Failed: 0 units
    Since: Tue 2016-02-16 20:03:38 EST; 2 days ago
   CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/[e-mail]
           ├─1922 /lib/systemd/systemd --user
           ├─1969 (sd-pam)
           ├─x10-transceiver.service
           │ ├─6074 /usr/bin/perl /home/jik/src/CM19aDriver/service.pl
           │ ├─6075 python CM19aDriver.py
           │ └─6080 tail -f cm19a.log
           └─eruv.service
             └─6083 /usr/bin/perl /home/jik/scripts/eruv.pl

They're running because I did "systemctl --user start x10-transceiver" and "systemctl --user start eruv". They did NOT launch automatically when I logged in, which is what this bug report is about. They're supposed to.

Note that they are enabled:

● eruv.service - Eruv status checker
   Loaded: loaded (/home/jik/.config/systemd/user/eruv.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: systemd 225-1ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Feb 19 15:27:13 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-16 (34 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
MachineType: Acer Predator G6-710
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-27-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: systemd
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/21/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R01-A1
dmi.board.name: Predator G6-710
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR01-A1:bd09/21/2015:svnAcer:pnPredatorG6-710:pvr:rvnAcer:rnPredatorG6-710:rvr:cvnAcer:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Predator G6-710
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Can you please give me the output of "systemctl --user status eruv.service"?

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Sorry, that's already there, I meant "systemctl --user cat eruv.service"

[Jonathan Kamens (jik)]

# /home/jik/.config/systemd/user/eruv.service
[Unit]
Description=Eruv status checker

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/jik/scripts/eruv.pl

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

> WantedBy=multi-user.target

I had a hunch that this was the cause -- multi-user.target does not exist for user jobs, just "default.target". See "systemctl --user -t target". Can you change this to default.target, enable it again, and check again?

[Jonathan Kamens (jik)]

OK then. Sorry for bothering you.

The documentation on this stuff is... sparse and difficult to navigate.

I'll make the change and reopen or open a new ticket if it still isn't working.