Issues configuring autostart

dandowftm · February 22, 2018, 8:43pm

hi, ive ran through the manual installation guide, got raspbian lite installed, all dependancies and booted up hass and accessed the web interface.

Moved onto the “autostart using systemd” guide and got as far as configuring the execstart file. Got that bit sorted and then when i run the command:

sudo systemctl enable home-assistant@homeassistant

i get the following error:

pi@raspberrypi:/ $ sudo systemctl enable home-assistant@homeassistant
Failed to enable unit: File [email protected]: No such file or directory

any ideas where i’m going wrong?

HassCasts · February 22, 2018, 9:02pm

You could use this to see what services there are that are similar and see if there’s a typo etc

systemctl list-units --type=service | grep home

dandowftm · February 22, 2018, 9:09pm

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ systemctl list-units --type=service

UNIT alsa-restore.service avahi-daemon.service console-setup.service cron.service dbus.service dhcpcd.service dphys-swapfile.service fake-hwclock.service loaded active exited Save/Restore Sound Card S
loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
loaded active exited Set console font and keym
loaded active running Regular background progra
loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus
loaded active running dhcpcd on all interfaces
loaded active exited LSB: Autogenerate and use
loaded active exited Restore / save the curren
class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45222031313c0531313c746b362037332c2620">[email protected] loaded active running Getty on tty1
loaded active exited Set the console keyboard
loaded active exited Create list of required s
loaded active exited Raise network interfaces
loaded active exited LSB: Switch to ondemand c
loaded active exited /etc/rc.local Compatibili
loaded active running System Logging Service
class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4a7b1a6bdb5b8f9b3b1a0a0ad94a0a0ad959995e4faa7b1a6a2bdb7b1">[email protected] loaded active running Serial Getty on ttyAMA0
loaded active running OpenBSD Secure Shell serv
loaded active exited File System Check on Root
x2dpartuuid-762b43d6\x2d01.service loaded active exited File System Check on /dev
loaded active exited Flush Journal to Persiste
loaded active running Journal Service
loaded active running Login Service
loaded active exited Load Kernel Modules
loaded active exited Load/Save Random Seed
loaded active exited Remount Root and Kernel F
loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables
loaded active running Network Time Synchronizat
loaded active exited Create Static Device Node
loaded active exited Create Volatile Files and
loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices
loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manage
loaded active exited Update UTMP about System
loaded active exited Permit User Sessions
loaded active running triggerhappy global hotke
class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98edebfdead8a9a8a8a8b6ebfdeaeef1fbfd">[email protected] loaded active running User Manager for UID 1000

LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.

35 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too.

nothing in there that resembles home assistant. maybe i missed a step during setup?

im starting over!

flamingm0e · February 22, 2018, 9:10pm

Did you create the file? It doesn’t create itself.

dandowftm · February 22, 2018, 9:11pm

I just followed the manual install guide, then moved onto the autostart using systemd guide

flamingm0e · February 22, 2018, 9:18pm

A service file is needed to control Home Assistant with systemd. The template below should be created using a text editor. Note, root permissions via sudo will likely be needed. The following should be noted to modify the template:

dandowftm · February 22, 2018, 9:37pm

right, so this is where i become mega noob.

i entered
sudo nano -w /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]

and then pasted the config from the guide, saved and closed. i guess thats wrong?

flamingm0e · February 22, 2018, 9:40pm

From the link I posted:

/etc/systemd/system/home-assistant@[your user].service

flamingm0e · February 22, 2018, 9:40pm

Is your user ‘homeassistant’?

dandowftm · February 22, 2018, 9:43pm

woo it worked this time. no idea what i did before, but thanks for helping me out!

dandowftm · February 22, 2018, 9:45pm

so now my problem is that i dont have the “hassio” shortcut to load addons. Do i have to go real pro now and install them another way?

btw - the reason i ditched hassio and went this way was because i was trying to get some customizations installed from the forums and couldnt install dependancies. But now i want to install samba, ssh and mqtt and that addon installer isnt there?!

flamingm0e · February 22, 2018, 9:48pm

SMH.

You didn’t install hassio. You don’t have hassio ANYTHING.

Add-ons are exclusive to hassio.

Hassio tab is exclusive to hassio.

You should have known this prior to installing manually but the documentation is a mess and doesn’t explain the difference.

flamingm0e · February 22, 2018, 9:54pm

Well, SON, I didn’t blame you for not reading, I said the documentation doesn’t make it clear.

I’m just tired of seeing the same posts over and over about people installing manually and wondering where the hassio tab is.

So, don’t ever call me SON again.

dandowftm · February 22, 2018, 9:57pm

hahaha, calm down. no need to go all aggro on a forum.

i asked for help, you kindly helped. I asked another question, you got all chewy.

i’m quite happy to go back to hassio, ive got it all backed up.

i always thought the point of communities like this was to help people, make things better. i guess this one isnt.

flamingm0e · February 22, 2018, 10:01pm

First of all, my frustrations are with the documentation, and nothing was directed at you, but you should have read it in the getting started guide.

It is the point of communities and I did help you. Again, I will say it again because you didn’t read it the first time, you were too busy trying to talk down on me, MY FRUSTRATION IS WITH THE DOCUMENTATION.

HassCasts · February 22, 2018, 10:04pm

Sorry, D. but @flamingm0e was correct in his thoughts on the way your writing was going.

He said in his reply that you should have know BUT the docs didn’t make it clear, you then assumed he (or she) was having a go at you. I feel he was correct to get slightly defensive.

May I suggest that you try and remember that attitudes and other non-verbal communication isn’t translated well on the internet and as such calling somebody “son” when you have no idea who they are is a shortcut to agro. A simple " " could have negated much of the last 4 or 5 posts.

Night, all!
John

dandowftm · February 22, 2018, 10:19pm

Fair one. I misread it, the SMH bit set me away.

Thanks for the help earlier, appreciate it. I’ll get back to it tomorrow and see how I get on

gpbenton · February 23, 2018, 6:50am

Just to put things in context, this thread shows the frustrations of trying to get the documentation updated to avoid the mistake you made.

There have actually been some changes to the getting started page since that thread, but clearly not enough.