Systemd Service points to wrong location

[markusressel]

What happened:

• Install portmaster-stub-bin using yay
• Try to launch the service usign sudo systemctl enable --now portmaster
• Portmaster Systemd service fails to load completely

Nov 11 17:41:35 portmaster.service: Unable to locate executable '/var/lib/portmaster/portmaster-start': No such file or directory

What did you expect to happen?:

• Service starts as expected

How did you reproduce it?:

• Remove and reinstall package multiple times

Debug Information:

I can't provide UI logs since the service doesn't even start.
However, these are the files that are created by the package:

The path to the required binary is:

/opt/safing/portmaster/portmaster-start

instead of

/var/lib/portmaster/portmaster-start

which is specified in the systemd file.

I am not sure why this is, but its a pretty frustrating showstopper for the whole thing.

Oh and btw, the portmaster UI also doesn't appear in my launcher, so even after fixing the path, and running the core service successfully, I still have no idea how to launch the UI. I have looked at the official documentation but it doesn't even mention it other than the "fully manual install", which I definitely don't want to do.

IMHO you should really take a close look at the initial install experience, because each time I take a look at portmaster again, I get stuck on things that should not be the things creating major headaches.

[dhaavi]

Hey @markusressel, thanks for reporting this.

Where exactly did you install this from?
The current AUR package has the correct path in the service file: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/portmaster.service?h=portmaster-stub-bin

[markusressel]

I have installed it from the official AUR using yay. Maybe I have a locally modified systemd file again (I had this issue already the last time I tried to install portmaster). I will check if this issue disappears after uninstalling, removing the service file and reinstalling again.

Thx for the quick response.

[markusressel]

I have removed the package again, and also removed the systemd file, reinstalled the package and the path is now correct.
I want to point out that removing the package like mentioned in the readme, specifically for arch, does not work as well:

> sudo pacman -Rnsu portmaster 
error: target not found: portmaster

Probably because there is no such package, but the stub package instead.
Uninstalling the stub package did not remove the service file, but I guess that is because of my manual modifications.

The portmaster-core service seems to be running now and writes logs:

Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.753 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 127 [4x] intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.755 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 129 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/asn/16509 because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.755 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 131 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/ipv4/54.71.172.57 because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.755 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 133 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/country/US because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.792 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 135 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/sync-v2.brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.792 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 137 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.792 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 139 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/sync-v2.brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.792 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 141 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.793 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 143 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/sync-v2.brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.793 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 145 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.793 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 147 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/sync-v2.brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.793 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 149 intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/brave.com. because filterlists not loaded
Nov 12 22:13:29 M16 portmaster-start[26279]: 241112 22:13:29.795 sts/lookup:019 ▶ WARN 151 [3x] intel/filterlists: not searching for cache:intel/filterlists/lists/domain/sync-alb-152764135.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com. because filterlists not loaded

These (abbreviated) logs seem fine to me.

Now: How do I launch the UI?
I am using rofi as a launcher, which usually picks up new applications immediately, but portmaster is not showing up.
Is this expected? If so, how do I fix this?

[dhaavi]

Well, the AUR package includes a desktop file, this should have been picked up.

If you like, you can switch to beta to get the new non-electron UI.

[markusressel]

Seems like

rofi -show run

does not show it, but

rofi -show drun

does. I am not sure what the difference is, but I guess ".desktop" files are not shown when using just run instead of drun. I will have to figure this out myself. Thx for the support.