[Unit] Description=Kodi Media Center # if you don't need the MySQL DB backend, this should be sufficient After=systemd-user-sessions.service network.target sound.target # if you need the MySQL DB backend, use this block instead of the previous # After = systemd-user-sessions.service network.target sound.target mysql.service # Wants = mysql.service [Service] Type=simple User=__APP__ Group=__APP__ #PAMName=login # you might want to try this one, did not work on all systems ExecStart=/usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/kodi -- :0 -nolisten tcp vt7 Restart=on-abort RestartSec=5 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target