Arch Linux global navigation bar Home Packages Forums Wiki Bugs AUR Download #archnavbar systemd/User From ArchWiki Jump to: navigation , search start content Related articles systemd Automatic login to virtual console Start X at Login systemd offers users the ability to manage services under the user's control with a per-user systemd instance, enabling users to start, stop, enable, and disable their own units. This is convenient for daemons and other services that are commonly run for a single user, such as mpd , or to perform automated tasks like fetching mail. With some caveats it is even possible to run xorg and the entire window manager from user services. 1 How it works 2 Basic setup 2.1 D-Bus 2.2 Environment variables 2.2.1 DISPLAY 2.2.2 PATH 2.2.3 Other variables 2.3 Automatic start-up of systemd user instances 3 Xorg and systemd 3.1 Autom...