It seems that this doesn’t work as expected. Please see my new post from today. I have found also the following issue https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/3107. According to this, a monotonic timer doesn’t survive a reboot or power off. Please correct me, if I’m wrong.
If I understand this correctly, only a onCalendar type can be used here. That’s a little bit annoying, but as of yet, I haven’t found a way around this.
Sorry, i have to ask again. I actually thought I had solved the problem. However, today I discovered that the jobs are overdue and have not been started for several days. When I display the timers with systemctl --user list-timers, I see that the NEXT column is empty::
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES
- - Sun 2026-02-01 20:01:48 CET - backup.timer backup.service
Since there is no NEXT date, the timer/service will probably not be restarted. The timer unit looks like this:
[Unit]
Description="Backup to remote"
[Timer]
OnUnitActiveSec=3d
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
As you can see, I am well over the 3 days. When I call systemctl --user status backup.timer, I get:
● backup.timer - "Backup to remote"
Loaded: loaded (/home/username/.config/systemd/user/backup.timer; enabled; preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /home/username/.config/systemd/user/backup.timer.d
Active: active (elapsed) since Fri 2026-02-13 16:53:31 CET; 7min ago
Invocation: 95ae3860c50a454b98078fc2ce3eb3c5
Trigger: n/a
Triggers: ● backup.service
To me, this looks perfectly “normal.” The only thing that puzzles me is the Active line. Why is the current date (Fri 2026-02-13 16:53:31 CET) set there and not the date on which the job last ran (Sun 2026-02-01 20:01:48 CET)? The NEXT column fills up again when I start systemctl --user restart backup.service. The job is then executed immediately and the column is filled. However, after rebooting the laptop, the column is empty again and the job is no longer started at the given intervals.
Ahh even more possibility’s. Many thx.
OK. I think 7 day was a slightly misleading schedule :-) My bad. But yes, you are right, for 7 days, this will work fine. But i think OnUnitActiveSec=7d is more flexible, when i change this to 12 days, 9 days and so on… I should learn to be more precise in my questions. Sorry.
Shifting the day of the week is totally fine, since i only care about days between the job executions. Many thx, then i try my luck with this.
Cromite, KeepassDX, Moshidon, Phone, K9
Unfortunately, logrotate does not work the way I would like it to. I have now created a bash script, which hopefully does what it is supposed to do:
#!/bin/bash
keepCount=30
files=($(ls *.db))
fileCount=${#files[@]}
for (( i=0; i<$fileCount; i++ )); do
database="${files[$i]}"
dbarr=($(ls -t $database.*))
for index in "${!dbarr[@]}"; do
p=$((index+1))
if [ $p -gt $keepCount ]; then
rm ${dbarr[$index]}
fi
done
done
Invoked in the respective directory, all *.db files are read into an array, as there can be different DBs per user. The array is then processed in a loop. First, the backup files for the respective DB are read into the array again, sorted by age. This array is then processed and all files whose index +1 is greater than keepCount are removed. This means that the oldest files are always removed and only those that are defined in the keepCount are kept.
Its a little bit more complicated, but it seems to do the job.
Good point. Will try that
Hmm this is close enough to mine… Manjaro…
have Arch in parallel boot, but I’m not happy how it works with Steam Games. This is at least for me, a lot better with Manjaro. But anyway, I will compare with Arch settings next time im on it. Tomorrow I have to go to Bangkok for some weeks and can’t use my private laptop for this time.
Strange. I’m on Gnome 47.4. Is this XFCE in your screenshot?
And how could you add a image here? I have tried, but couldn’t find a button to do so.
256x256px. In my eyes, this should be ok.
If you have access to a Roundcube instance, you can try my PrimitiveNotes plug-in, if you want. You can find it at https://codeberg.org/Offerel/Roundcube_Primitivenotes. Maybe this helps to understand, for what and how i use markdown notes. I have absolutely no knowledge about flutter or Android coding, so I can’t help that much.
But I can test and send you a little bit feedback for your app, because I really like your concept so far.
This looks like something usefull. Some observations after first start…
I really like the idea of your app. Could be a good companion for my PrimitiveNotes plug-in for Roundcube. Hopefully you find the time to develop it further.
Unfortunately, this version violates the DSGVO by sending telemetry without being asked. This shoots the app directly into out. I hope that the developers have an insight here and remove this function as soon as possible.
Many thx
By default, according to the RFC 6238 standard, they are generated every 30 seconds. But this time step can manually set to faster intervals. However faster as 30 seconds is not very user friendly. RFC 6238
I wonder why they choose a nvidia GPU. Is the performance and support with nvidia on par with windows in this times?
Ahh there is only no visible feedback. The extension is installed. But it doesn’t work as of now. First nothing is stored with storage API so that my values are not saved. Additionally i fear that the bookmark API is not supported as of yet. But i will retry it later, when my extension at https://codeberg.org/Offerel/SyncMarks-Extension/ is fully supported.
Using gsettings list-keys org.gnome.Epiphany gives:
active-clear-data-items
ask-for-default
content-filters
default-search-engine
enable-caret-browsing
homepage-url
new-windows-in-tabs
restore-session-delaying-loads
restore-session-policy
search-engine-providers
search-engines
start-in-incognito-mode
use-google-search-suggestions
warn-on-close-unsubmitted-data
Shouldnt there be a enable-webextensions
With Arch based, like CaxhyOS or Manjaro? Whenever I install new things or at weekends or when something important is fixed. But god beware, not every day. There is no reason for that.