[Unit] Description=Sound Service # We require pulseaudio.socket to be active before starting the daemon, because # while it is possible to use the service without the socket, it is not clear # why it would be desirable. # # A user installing pulseaudio and doing `systemctl --user start pulseaudio` # will not get the socket started, which might be confusing and problematic if # the server is to be restarted later on, as the client autospawn feature # might kick in. Also, a start of the socket unit will fail, adding to the # confusion. # # After=pulseaudio.socket is not needed, as it is already implicit in the # socket-service relationship, see systemd.socket(5). Requires=pulseaudio.socket [Service] # Note that notify will only work if --daemonize=no Type=notify ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no Restart=on-failure [Install] Also=pulseaudio.socket WantedBy=default.target