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Kodi systemd service
[Unit]
Description = Kodi Media Center
# if you don't need the MySQL DB backend, this should be sufficient
After = systemd-user-sessions.service network.target sound.target
# if you need the MySQL DB backend, use this block instead of the previous
# After = systemd-user-sessions.service network.target sound.target mysql.service
# Wants = mysql.service
[Service]
User = kodi
Group = kodi
Type = simple
#PAMName = login # you might want to try this one, did not work on all systems
ExecStart = /usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/kodi-standalone -- :0 -nolisten tcp vt7
Restart = always
RestartSec = 5
RuntimeMaxSec=345600
[Install]
WantedBy = multi-user.target
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