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Prabuanand: /* User Services -> Runlevels */

2026-03-24T16:46:15Z

User Services -> Runlevels

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	::[[User:Prabuanand]]: Using '''exec openrc -U gui''' in '''~/.profile''' would be too early, DISPLAY or WAYLAND_DISPLAY would not be set, and services which rely on those would fail to start. We might want to clarify this explicitly. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR needs to be set before any service that relies on it (including the compositor) [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)		::[[User:Prabuanand]]: Using '''exec openrc -U gui''' in '''~/.profile''' would be too early, DISPLAY or WAYLAND_DISPLAY would not be set, and services which rely on those would fail to start. We might want to clarify this explicitly. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR needs to be set before any service that relies on it (including the compositor) [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
			:::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], i think this entire paragraph is entirely not needed. The old instructions https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=OpenRC&oldid=30771#User_services was guaranteed to work. When you added this paragraph, i tested it once, found it to be not working in my setup. Since i don't use .profile and zsh/bash, i did not want to remove it myself. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:46, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
	::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.		::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.

WhyNotHugo: /* User Services -> Runlevels */

2026-03-24T16:37:32Z

User Services -> Runlevels

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	* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
	:I just now tested adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile and i got locked out with "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR unset". Only after removing this, i could login to tty. Sway too did not start with this option. Here are my [git.sr.ht:~prabuanand/dotfiles dotfiles] for reference. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		:I just now tested adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile and i got locked out with "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR unset". Only after removing this, i could login to tty. Sway too did not start with this option. Here are my [git.sr.ht:~prabuanand/dotfiles dotfiles] for reference. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

			::[[User:Prabuanand]]: Using '''exec openrc -U gui''' in '''~/.profile''' would be too early, DISPLAY or WAYLAND_DISPLAY would not be set, and services which rely on those would fail to start. We might want to clarify this explicitly. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR needs to be set before any service that relies on it (including the compositor) [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

	::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.		::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.
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	::*Your edit proposing a command to revert to the sysinit runlevel appears to run contrary to the guidance [[OpenRC#Runlevels\|currently in the wiki]], that ''"sysinit always runs when the host first starts and should not be run again."''		::*Your edit proposing a command to revert to the sysinit runlevel appears to run contrary to the guidance [[OpenRC#Runlevels\|currently in the wiki]], that ''"sysinit always runs when the host first starts and should not be run again."''
	::Thanks again for your help addressing our concerns. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)		::Thanks again for your help addressing our concerns. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

			:::'''sysinit''' is used by default when you don't explicitly specify another runlevel. My statement describes the behaviour of OpenRC itself, it's not my decision. I've talked to navi about it, and it seems to not be intentional, but it's still the current behaviour. [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

	Dear [[User:StruanR]],		Dear [[User:StruanR]],
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	Your other edits were helpful, thank you!		Your other edits were helpful, thank you!
	I took the chance to amend some previous passages made by other helpful contributors while I was at it. Please continue helping out with the wiki! [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)		I took the chance to amend some previous passages made by other helpful contributors while I was at it. Please continue helping out with the wiki! [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

			:: +1, we should have a dedicated page for OpenRC User services. [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

WhyNotHugo: /* Warning in PAM support */

2026-03-24T16:32:16Z

Warning in PAM support

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	Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], I'm not sure about the need for warning in the PAM support section. I have been using User services with PAM support for the past few months without any issues and i have not seen any bug reports filed regarding this. btw:i'm using pamrundir and i tested dwm with the manual XDG_RUNTIME_DIR script as added there. I believe Warning should be sparingly used in Wiki, if there are unresolved/known issues. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 15:59, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], I'm not sure about the need for warning in the PAM support section. I have been using User services with PAM support for the past few months without any issues and i have not seen any bug reports filed regarding this. btw:i'm using pamrundir and i tested dwm with the manual XDG_RUNTIME_DIR script as added there. I believe Warning should be sparingly used in Wiki, if there are unresolved/known issues. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 15:59, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

			:[[User:Prabuanand]] This was solved shortly after your comment, thanks. Feel free to remove this talk subsection. [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:32, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

	== User Services -> Runlevels ==		== User Services -> Runlevels ==

John3-16: 1. Supporting Prabu's concerns re recent edits; 2. Discussion re "$ openrc -U" reverting to a certain runlevel; 3. Amended various root prompts back to user prompts

2025-09-12T17:43:27Z

1. Supporting Prabu's concerns re recent edits; 2. Discussion re "$ openrc -U" reverting to a certain runlevel; 3. Amended various root prompts back to user prompts

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	* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
	:I just now tested adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile and i got locked out with "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR unset". Only after removing this, i could login to tty. Sway too did not start with this option. Here are my [git.sr.ht:~prabuanand/dotfiles dotfiles] for reference. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		:I just now tested adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile and i got locked out with "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR unset". Only after removing this, i could login to tty. Sway too did not start with this option. Here are my [git.sr.ht:~prabuanand/dotfiles dotfiles] for reference. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

			::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.

			::Additionally, I suspect that two further points of guidance in your edits warrant review or elaboration on the wiki page:-
			::*Your claim that '''sysinit''' is the default level; please elaborate why '''default''' would not be the default runlevel here, for my better understanding and for the sake of newcomers to Alpine Linux's wiki.
			::*Note also that your instruction did not revert the runlevel back to '''sysinit''' on my system, even with the user ('''-U ''') switch: {{Cmd\|$ openrc -U}}
			::*Your edit proposing a command to revert to the sysinit runlevel appears to run contrary to the guidance [[OpenRC#Runlevels\|currently in the wiki]], that ''"sysinit always runs when the host first starts and should not be run again."''
			::Thanks again for your help addressing our concerns. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

			Dear [[User:StruanR]],
			I am grateful for your improvements of the wiki, kindly continue them! Please note that certain edits, however, changing a root prompt to a user prompt, were in various cases inaccurate, and I have reverted those. Perhaps the wiki could be made clearer that to modify ''system'' services or runlevels, one generally requires a root prompt or doas/sudo; to display/check those, a user prompt may suffice. Note, on the other hand, that to modify ''user'' services (using the '''-U''' switch), a root prompt or doas/sudo would not generally be used. I hope this helps.
			Your other edits were helpful, thank you!
			I took the chance to amend some previous passages made by other helpful contributors while I was at it. Please continue helping out with the wiki! [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Prabuanand: added more information after testing

2025-09-05T16:55:03Z

added more information after testing

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	* in the command openrc -U $RUNLEVEL. Instead of $RUNLEVEL, consider using <> as [[Help:Reading#Placeholder\|placeholder]].		* in the command openrc -U $RUNLEVEL. Instead of $RUNLEVEL, consider using <> as [[Help:Reading#Placeholder\|placeholder]].
	* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
			:I just now tested adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile and i got locked out with "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR unset". Only after removing this, i could login to tty. Sway too did not start with this option. Here are my [git.sr.ht:~prabuanand/dotfiles dotfiles] for reference. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Prabuanand: fixed typo and formatting

2025-09-05T16:25:25Z

fixed typo and formatting

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	Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], This section probably requires some rewriting.		Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], This section probably requires some rewriting.
	~~(i)~~ I'm not sure when this sysinit runlevel is used/required "mkdir -p ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/rc/runlevels/sysinit".		* I'm not sure when this sysinit runlevel is used/required "mkdir -p ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/rc/runlevels/sysinit".
	~~(ii)~~ in the command openrc -U $RUNLEVEL~~, you've used "$RUNLEVEL"~~. Instead of $RUNLEVEL, consider using <> as [[Help:Reading#Placeholder\|placeholder]].		* in the command openrc -U $RUNLEVEL. Instead of $RUNLEVEL, consider using <> as [[Help:Reading#Placeholder\|placeholder]].
	~~(iii)~~ Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Prabuanand: fixed wikitag

2025-09-05T16:13:25Z

fixed wikitag

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	== Warning in PAM support ==		== Warning in PAM support ==

	Dear User:WhyNotHugo, I'm not sure about the need for warning in the PAM support section. I have been using User services with PAM support for the past few months without any issues and i have not seen any bug reports filed regarding this. btw:i'm using pamrundir and i tested dwm with the manual XDG_RUNTIME_DIR script as added there. I believe Warning should be sparingly used in Wiki, if there are unresolved/known issues. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 15:59, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], I'm not sure about the need for warning in the PAM support section. I have been using User services with PAM support for the past few months without any issues and i have not seen any bug reports filed regarding this. btw:i'm using pamrundir and i tested dwm with the manual XDG_RUNTIME_DIR script as added there. I believe Warning should be sparingly used in Wiki, if there are unresolved/known issues. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 15:59, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

	== User Services -> Runlevels ==		== User Services -> Runlevels ==

Prabuanand: /* User Services -> Runlevels */ new section

2025-09-05T16:13:04Z

User Services -> Runlevels: new section

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	Dear User:WhyNotHugo, I'm not sure about the need for warning in the PAM support section. I have been using User services with PAM support for the past few months without any issues and i have not seen any bug reports filed regarding this. btw:i'm using pamrundir and i tested dwm with the manual XDG_RUNTIME_DIR script as added there. I believe Warning should be sparingly used in Wiki, if there are unresolved/known issues. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 15:59, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		Dear User:WhyNotHugo, I'm not sure about the need for warning in the PAM support section. I have been using User services with PAM support for the past few months without any issues and i have not seen any bug reports filed regarding this. btw:i'm using pamrundir and i tested dwm with the manual XDG_RUNTIME_DIR script as added there. I believe Warning should be sparingly used in Wiki, if there are unresolved/known issues. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 15:59, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

			== User Services -> Runlevels ==

			Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], This section probably requires some rewriting.
			(i) I'm not sure when this sysinit runlevel is used/required "mkdir -p ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/rc/runlevels/sysinit".
			(ii) in the command openrc -U $RUNLEVEL, you've used "$RUNLEVEL". Instead of $RUNLEVEL, consider using <> as [[Help:Reading#Placeholder\|placeholder]].
			(iii) Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Prabuanand: /* Warning in PAM support */ new section

2025-09-05T15:59:20Z

Warning in PAM support: new section

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	::Thank you. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 21:44, 11 August 2025 (UTC)		::Thank you. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 21:44, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
	::: Thanks once again for the detailed suggestions. Hope i've done everything as suggested. Please make necessary amends, if i have missed out something. Highly appreciated. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 10:03, 12 August 2025 (UTC)		::: Thanks once again for the detailed suggestions. Hope i've done everything as suggested. Please make necessary amends, if i have missed out something. Highly appreciated. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 10:03, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

			== Warning in PAM support ==

			Dear User:WhyNotHugo, I'm not sure about the need for warning in the PAM support section. I have been using User services with PAM support for the past few months without any issues and i have not seen any bug reports filed regarding this. btw:i'm using pamrundir and i tested dwm with the manual XDG_RUNTIME_DIR script as added there. I believe Warning should be sparingly used in Wiki, if there are unresolved/known issues. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 15:59, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Prabuanand: suggested changes have been made

2025-08-12T10:03:27Z

suggested changes have been made

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	::Thank you. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 21:44, 11 August 2025 (UTC)		::Thank you. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 21:44, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
			::: Thanks once again for the detailed suggestions. Hope i've done everything as suggested. Please make necessary amends, if i have missed out something. Highly appreciated. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 10:03, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

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	::[[User:Prabuanand]]: Using '''exec openrc -U gui''' in '''~/.profile''' would be too early, DISPLAY or WAYLAND_DISPLAY would not be set, and services which rely on those would fail to start. We might want to clarify this explicitly. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR needs to be set before any service that relies on it (including the compositor) [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)		::[[User:Prabuanand]]: Using '''exec openrc -U gui''' in '''~/.profile''' would be too early, DISPLAY or WAYLAND_DISPLAY would not be set, and services which rely on those would fail to start. We might want to clarify this explicitly. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR needs to be set before any service that relies on it (including the compositor) [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
			:::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], i think this entire paragraph is entirely not needed. The old instructions https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=OpenRC&oldid=30771#User_services was guaranteed to work. When you added this paragraph, i tested it once, found it to be not working in my setup. Since i don't use .profile and zsh/bash, i did not want to remove it myself. - [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:46, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
	::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.		::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.

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	* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
	:I just now tested adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile and i got locked out with "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR unset". Only after removing this, i could login to tty. Sway too did not start with this option. Here are my [git.sr.ht:~prabuanand/dotfiles dotfiles] for reference. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		:I just now tested adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile and i got locked out with "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR unset". Only after removing this, i could login to tty. Sway too did not start with this option. Here are my [git.sr.ht:~prabuanand/dotfiles dotfiles] for reference. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

			::[[User:Prabuanand]]: Using '''exec openrc -U gui''' in '''~/.profile''' would be too early, DISPLAY or WAYLAND_DISPLAY would not be set, and services which rely on those would fail to start. We might want to clarify this explicitly. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR needs to be set before any service that relies on it (including the compositor) [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

	::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.		::Dear [[User:WhyNotHugo]], Thank you for your excellent contributions to Linux, and to Alpine Linux in particular. I support [[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]]'s excellent and extensive impressions/observations above however, including those further above in the 'Warning in PAM support' discussion. I would be grateful for your input about them.
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	::*Your edit proposing a command to revert to the sysinit runlevel appears to run contrary to the guidance [[OpenRC#Runlevels\|currently in the wiki]], that ''"sysinit always runs when the host first starts and should not be run again."''		::*Your edit proposing a command to revert to the sysinit runlevel appears to run contrary to the guidance [[OpenRC#Runlevels\|currently in the wiki]], that ''"sysinit always runs when the host first starts and should not be run again."''
	::Thanks again for your help addressing our concerns. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)		::Thanks again for your help addressing our concerns. [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

			:::'''sysinit''' is used by default when you don't explicitly specify another runlevel. My statement describes the behaviour of OpenRC itself, it's not my decision. I've talked to navi about it, and it seems to not be intentional, but it's still the current behaviour. [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

	Dear [[User:StruanR]],		Dear [[User:StruanR]],
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	Your other edits were helpful, thank you!		Your other edits were helpful, thank you!
	I took the chance to amend some previous passages made by other helpful contributors while I was at it. Please continue helping out with the wiki! [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)		I took the chance to amend some previous passages made by other helpful contributors while I was at it. Please continue helping out with the wiki! [[User:John3-16\|John3-16]] ([[User talk:John3-16\|talk]]) 17:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

			:: +1, we should have a dedicated page for OpenRC User services. [[User:WhyNotHugo\|WhyNotHugo]] ([[User talk:WhyNotHugo\|talk]]) 16:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

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	* in the command openrc -U $RUNLEVEL. Instead of $RUNLEVEL, consider using <> as [[Help:Reading#Placeholder\|placeholder]].		* in the command openrc -U $RUNLEVEL. Instead of $RUNLEVEL, consider using <> as [[Help:Reading#Placeholder\|placeholder]].
	* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)		* Will adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile support both Wayland and Xorg? Shouldn't the Compositor startup file be used for this for wayland? --[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
			:I just now tested adding "exec openrc -U gui" to ~/.profile and i got locked out with "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR unset". Only after removing this, i could login to tty. Sway too did not start with this option. Here are my [git.sr.ht:~prabuanand/dotfiles dotfiles] for reference. -[[User:Prabuanand\|Prabuanand]] ([[User talk:Prabuanand\|talk]]) 16:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)