#!/bin/bash # From: https://people.debian.org/~mpitt/systemd.conf-2016-graphical-session.pdf # robustness: if the previous graphical session left some failed units, # reset them so that they don't break this startup for unit in $(systemctl --user --no-legend --state=failed --plain list-units | cut -f1 -d' '); do partof="$(systemctl --user show -p PartOf --value "$unit")" for target in cosmic-session.target graphical-session.target; do if [ "$partof" = "$target" ]; then systemctl --user reset-failed "$unit" break fi done done # /etc/profile contains a lot of important environment variables source /etc/profile export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=cosmic # save environment variables that will be added to systemd new_env=$(systemctl --user show-environment | cut -d'=' -f 1 | sort | comm -13 - <(env | cut -d'=' -f 1 | sort)) # import environment variables from the login manager systemctl --user import-environment # then start the service systemctl --wait --user start cosmic-comp.service # cleanup environment systemctl --user unset-environment $new_env