Set XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME in systemd user session, or starting of systemd-activated services will fail. Observed on openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Rescue-CD-x86_64-Snapshot20171213-Media.iso Index: b/scripts/xinitrc.in =================================================================== --- a/scripts/xinitrc.in +++ b/scripts/xinitrc.in @@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ cat /dev/null $XRESOURCES | xrdb -nocpp # load local modmap test -r $HOME/.Xmodmap && xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap +# if XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME is not set in systemd user session, starting of xfce4-notifyd etc. will fail +if systemctl --user list-jobs >/dev/null 2>&1; then # user session is running + dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=$XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME +fi # check if we start xfce4-session with ck-launch-session. this is only # required for starting from a console, not a login manager if test "x$XFCE4_SESSION_WITH_CK" = "x1"; then Index: b/scripts/xinitrc.in.in =================================================================== --- a/scripts/xinitrc.in.in +++ b/scripts/xinitrc.in.in @@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ cat /dev/null $XRESOURCES | xrdb -nocpp # load local modmap test -r $HOME/.Xmodmap && xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap +# if XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME is not set in systemd user session, starting of xfce4-notifyd etc. will fail +if systemctl --user list-jobs >/dev/null 2>&1; then # user session is running + dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=$XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME +fi # check if we start xfce4-session with ck-launch-session. this is only # required for starting from a console, not a login manager if test "x$XFCE4_SESSION_WITH_CK" = "x1"; then