[solved] Service does not start on Fedora 41

[Shogu]

Hi!

On Fedora 41, psd.service fails to start:

systemctl --user start psd
Job for psd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl --user status psd.service" and "journalctl --user -xeu psd.service" for details

Journal log is empty; here is the output of systemctl status:

systemctl --user status psd.service
× psd.service - Profile-sync-daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/psd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-12-10 11:46:13 CET; 51s ago
 Invocation: e4a32fb28fe44e15821223954c9863be
       Docs: man:psd(1)
             man:profile-sync-daemon(1)
             https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Profile-sync-daemon
    Process: 5980 ExecStart=/usr/bin/profile-sync-daemon startup (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 5980 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Mem peak: 3.9M
        CPU: 125ms

déc. 10 11:46:13 ogu-fedora systemd[1228]: psd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
déc. 10 11:46:13 ogu-fedora systemd[1228]: Failed to start psd.service - Profile-sync-daemon.

Thanks for your help!

Cheers

[graysky2]

How did you install it and what is the dropin doing?

[Shogu]

EDIT : solved!

I tried a lot, but it seems i have to use systemctl --user daemon-reload after installing psd from source to make it work.

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(Previous message before resolution:)

Hi and many thanks for your diligence!

I installed it by the default way using dnf, then using this *rpm package, and finally from the source with make.

In each case the terminal returns this:

ogu@fedora-ogu:~/profile-sync-daemon$ psd
Profile-sync-daemon v6.51

 /usr/bin/psd [option]
  preview	Parse config file (/home/ogu/.config/psd/psd.conf) to see which profiles will be managed.
  clean		Clean (delete without prompting) ALL crashrecovery dirs for all profiles.

 It is HIGHLY DISCOURAGED to directly call /usr/bin/psd to sync, resync, or to unsync.

 Instead, use systemd to start/stop profile-sync-daemon.

 systemctl --user [option] psd
  start		Turn on daemon; make symlinks and actively manage targets in tmpfs.
  stop		Turn off daemon; remove symlinks and rotate tmpfs data back to disc.
  enable	Autostart daemon when system comes up.
  disable	Remove daemon from the list of autostart daemons.

ogu@fedora-ogu:~/profile-sync-daemon$ systemctl daemon-reload

ogu@fedora-ogu:~/profile-sync-daemon$ systemctl --user enable psd
Created symlink '/home/ogu/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/psd.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/user/psd.service'.

ogu@fedora-ogu:~/profile-sync-daemon$ systemctl --user start psd
Job for psd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl --user status psd.service" and "journalctl --user -xeu psd.service" for details.

ogu@fedora-ogu:~/profile-sync-daemon$ systemctl --user status psd
× psd.service - Profile-sync-daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/psd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2024-12-18 11:16:41 CET; 24s ago
 Invocation: 021a3c06c1174b1d92f0661155f9ca91
       Docs: man:psd(1)
             man:profile-sync-daemon(1)
             https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Profile-sync-daemon
    Process: 5016 ExecStart=/usr/bin/profile-sync-daemon startup (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 5016 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Mem peak: 4.2M
        CPU: 57ms

déc. 18 11:16:41 fedora-ogu systemd[1191]: psd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
déc. 18 11:16:41 fedora-ogu systemd[1191]: Failed to start psd.service - Profile-sync-daemon.

ogu@fedora-ogu:~/profile-sync-daemon$ journalctl --user -xeu psd.service
-- No entries --

[graysky2]

Post the output of psd p

[Shogu]

Thanks!
Here is the asked output 👍🏼

ogu@fedora-ogu:~$ psd p
Profile-sync-daemon v6.51

 systemd service: active
 resync-timer:    active
 sync on sleep:   disabled
 use overlayfs:   disabled

Psd will manage the following per /home/ogu/.config/psd/.psd.conf:

 browser/psname:  firefox/firefox
 owner/group id:  ogu/1000
 sync target:     /home/ogu/.mozilla/firefox/h12vhg1e.default-release
 tmpfs dir:       /run/user/1000/psd/ogu-firefox-h12vhg1e.default-release
 profile size:    220M
 backup limit:    2
 recovery dirs:   none

[graysky2]

Not sure why it's not starting. I assume you do not have firefox loaded when you attempt to start.

[Shogu]

Yep Firefox was closed.