Bug#968116: systemd: Not generating service for XDG autostart

[Francois Mescam]

Francois Mescam

Le 17/08/2020 à 11:04, Michael Biebl a écrit :
> Am 17.08.20 um 10:31 schrieb Francois Mescam:
>> Le 16/08/2020 à 19:53, Michael Biebl a écrit :
>>> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>>>
>>> Am 09.08.20 um 10:10 schrieb Francois Mescam:
>>>> Package: systemd
>>>> Version: 246-2
>>>> Severity: normal
>>>>
>>>> Dear Maintainer,
>>>>
>>>> Since systemd 246-2 I have messages like these in the logs :
>>>>
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Configuration file
>>>> /etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.discover.notifier.desktop is marked
>>>> executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding
>>>> +anyway.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]:
>>>> gnome-systemd-autostart-condition not found: No such file or directory
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: kde-systemd-start-condition not
>>>> found: No such file or directory
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-at\x2dspi\x2ddbus\x2dbus-autostart.service, startup phases
>>>> are not supported.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-gnome\x2dkeyring\x2dpkcs11-autostart.service, startup
>>>> phases are not supported.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-gnome\x2dkeyring\x2dsecrets-autostart.service, startup
>>>> phases are not supported.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-gnome\x2dkeyring\x2dssh-autostart.service, startup phases
>>>> are not supported.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-powerdevil-autostart.service, only Type=Application is
>>>> supported.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-pulseaudio-autostart.service, startup phases are not
>>>> supported.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-xdg\x2duser\x2ddirs-autostart.service, startup phases are
>>>> not supported.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-xfce4\x2dclipman\x2dplugin\x2dautostart-autostart.service,
>>>> it is hidden.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-xfce4\x2dnotes\x2dautostart-autostart.service, it is
>>>> hidden.
>>>> Aug  9 08:46:18 eiffel7 systemd[24828]: Not generating service for XDG
>>>> autostart app-xscreensaver-autostart.service, could not find TryExec=
>>>> binary xscreensaver: No such file or directory
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if this is really a bug or if I have something to do to
>>>> correct this question.
>>> Not quite sure what this bug report is about, tbh.
>>> Are you asking for these log messages to be downgraded to debug level so
>>> you don't see them?
>> Yes if these messages do not show something wrong which does not work
>>> I don't really see the bug here, just the generator logging why it
>>> doesn't generate service files for certain autostart files.
>>> What is systemd package supposed to change here?
>> I don't know if not generating service files will have or not for
>> consquence a malfunction.
>>
>> So I am unable to say what is the good solution.
> I'm undecided. I see your point that the XDG autostart generator is
> maybe a bit chatty, but so are other programs if I look at journalctl
> --user.
> Most of those messages have log level info, so they do not indicate an
> error.
>
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                                return log_info_errno(r, "Exec binary '%s' does not exist: %m", c);
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                log_info("Not generating service for XDG autostart %s, it is hidden.", service->name);
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                log_info("Not generating service for XDG autostart %s, should be skipped by generator.", service->name);
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                log_info("Not generating service for XDG autostart %s, only Type=Application is supported.", service->name);
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                log_info("Not generating service for XDG autostart %s, startup phases are not supported.",
>
> The following are warnings:
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-generator.c:                                log_warning_errno(errno, "Opening %s failed, ignoring: %m", *path);
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-generator.c:                FOREACH_DIRENT(de, d, log_warning_errno(errno, "Failed to enumerate directory %s, ignoring: %m", *path)) {
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-generator.c:                                log_warning_errno(errno, "stat() failed on %s/%s, ignoring: %m", *path, de->d_name);
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to parse %s, ignoring it", service->path);
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                return log_warning_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Exec line is empty");
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                log_warning("Not generating service for XDG autostart %s, it is has no Exec= line.", service->name);
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                log_warning_errno(r,
> And the following are errors:
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-condition.c:                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
>> src/xdg-autostart-generator/xdg-autostart-service.c:                return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create unit file %s: %m", unit);
>
> That looks somewhat sane to me.
> If you think, those log messages need to be tweaked, or their priority,
> please raise this upstream at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues
>
> Regards,
> Michael

There is something I do not understand : in /etc/systemd/system.conf and 
in /etc/systemd/user.conf I have :

LogLevel=err

to filter messages of level info. Why messages of XDG wich are of level 
info appear in the logs ?