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Vivid switched from upstart to systemd. I used to have xfvb configured to run as a service under updstart. That has now broken.

Under upstart, I had /etc/init/xvfb.conf:

description     "Xvfb X Server"
start on (net-device-up
    and local-filesystems
    and runlevel [2345])
stop on runlevel [016]
exec /usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24

and I could start it with sudo service xvfb start

Under 15.04, I now get this message when I try to use service to start xvfb:

Failed to start xvfb.service: Unit xvfb.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

What is the new way to configure xvfb to run as a service with systemd?

Stephen Ostermiller
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Under systemd you create /etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service

[Unit]
Description=X Virtual Frame Buffer Service
After=network.target

[Service] 
ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

And then run

sudo systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service

At which point 

sudo service xvfb start

will start it:

$ ps -elfwww | grep -i Xvfb
4 S root      7807     1  2  80   0 - 51102 poll_s 16:47 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24

and 

sudo service xvfb stop

will kill it

Stephen Ostermiller
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