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Systemd service doesn't start on boot #254

@MoshiurRahmanAdib

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@MoshiurRahmanAdib

The Systemd service doesn't start on boot, and there's this error:

systemctl --user status timewall

○ timewall.service - Dynamic wallpapers daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/home/adib/.config/systemd/user/timewall.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2026-04-04 01:11:17 +06; 2h 26min ago
   Duration: 51ms
 Invocation: 9bf03c4678b54c10a7ab150b72c3dad9
    Process: 7244 ExecStart=/home/adib/.local/bin/timewall set --daemon (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 7244 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Mem peak: 40.1M
        CPU: 29ms

Apr 04 01:11:17 adibs-fedora systemd[7225]: Started timewall.service - Dynamic wallpapers daemon.
Apr 04 01:11:17 adibs-fedora timewall[7244]: Error: Automated wallpaper setting failed: No such file or directory (os error 2)
Apr 04 01:11:17 adibs-fedora timewall[7244]: This is most likely caused by an unsupported DE or WM.
Apr 04 01:11:17 adibs-fedora timewall[7244]: Please configure a custom wallpaper setting command in the config file.
Apr 04 01:11:17 adibs-fedora timewall[7244]: You can find it at /home/adib/.config/timewall/config.toml
Apr 04 01:11:17 adibs-fedora systemd[7225]: timewall.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 04 01:11:17 adibs-fedora systemd[7225]: timewall.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

It does work when I manually start it:

systemctl --user start timewall
systemctl --user status timewall
● timewall.service - Dynamic wallpapers daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/home/adib/.config/systemd/user/timewall.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-04-04 03:43:14 +06; 18s ago
 Invocation: 3b872da41d474086b153206798c26530
   Main PID: 32584 (timewall)
      Tasks: 5 (limit: 18786)
     Memory: 39.2M (peak: 41.5M)
        CPU: 43ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/timewall.service
             └─32584 /home/adib/.local/bin/timewall set --daemon

Apr 04 03:43:14 adibs-fedora systemd[7225]: Started timewall.service - Dynamic wallpapers daemon.

I'm on Fedroa 43, GNOME

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