From cd050f0bdfea14f031e4a671a366c77d4f62b19d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sommerfeld <sommerfeld@sommerfeld.dev>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 11:06:00 +0100
Subject: fix(systemd): use absolute %h/.nix-profile/bin paths in user units
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The previous environment.d fix was insufficient: even with the nix profile
on the --user manager's PATH (confirmed via `systemctl --user
show-environment`), bare-name ExecStart= still fails 203/EXEC. systemd's
--user manager does not resolve a bare ExecStart binary against the
imported/environment.d PATH.

Invoke each unit's main binary by absolute path %h/.nix-profile/bin/<name>
(waybar, swayidle, swayrd, inhibridge, wl-paste, wob). %h expands to $HOME
at unit load. Secondary lookups those binaries/scripts perform (cliphist,
swaymsg, playerctl) still rely on PATH, which environment.d provides — so
that file stays, with its comment corrected to reflect this split.
---
 dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-image.service | 2 +-
 dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-text.service  | 2 +-
 dot_config/systemd/user/inhibridge.service     | 2 +-
 dot_config/systemd/user/swayidle.service       | 2 +-
 dot_config/systemd/user/swayrd.service         | 2 +-
 dot_config/systemd/user/waybar.service         | 2 +-
 dot_config/systemd/user/wob.service            | 2 +-
 7 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'dot_config/systemd/user')

diff --git a/dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-image.service b/dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-image.service
index 059695b..8d9e995 100644
--- a/dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-image.service
+++ b/dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-image.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ConditionEnvironment=WAYLAND_DISPLAY
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=wl-paste --type image --watch cliphist store
+ExecStart=%h/.nix-profile/bin/wl-paste --type image --watch cliphist store
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2s
 
diff --git a/dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-text.service b/dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-text.service
index 5ff00f5..8aef8b3 100644
--- a/dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-text.service
+++ b/dot_config/systemd/user/cliphist-text.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ConditionEnvironment=WAYLAND_DISPLAY
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist store
+ExecStart=%h/.nix-profile/bin/wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist store
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2s
 
diff --git a/dot_config/systemd/user/inhibridge.service b/dot_config/systemd/user/inhibridge.service
index 0b36b35..a361ad9 100644
--- a/dot_config/systemd/user/inhibridge.service
+++ b/dot_config/systemd/user/inhibridge.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ConditionEnvironment=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=inhibridge
+ExecStart=%h/.nix-profile/bin/inhibridge
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2s
 
diff --git a/dot_config/systemd/user/swayidle.service b/dot_config/systemd/user/swayidle.service
index d5b9cf1..bd0dca5 100644
--- a/dot_config/systemd/user/swayidle.service
+++ b/dot_config/systemd/user/swayidle.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ConditionEnvironment=WAYLAND_DISPLAY
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=swayidle -w \
+ExecStart=%h/.nix-profile/bin/swayidle -w \
     timeout 300 'swaymsg "output * power off"' \
         resume  'swaymsg "output * power on"' \
     timeout 330 'swaylock -f -e -c 000000' \
diff --git a/dot_config/systemd/user/swayrd.service b/dot_config/systemd/user/swayrd.service
index c718fe5..2e299e9 100644
--- a/dot_config/systemd/user/swayrd.service
+++ b/dot_config/systemd/user/swayrd.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ConditionEnvironment=SWAYSOCK
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=swayrd
+ExecStart=%h/.nix-profile/bin/swayrd
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2s
 
diff --git a/dot_config/systemd/user/waybar.service b/dot_config/systemd/user/waybar.service
index 919bc9b..e8686b1 100644
--- a/dot_config/systemd/user/waybar.service
+++ b/dot_config/systemd/user/waybar.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ConditionEnvironment=WAYLAND_DISPLAY
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=waybar
+ExecStart=%h/.nix-profile/bin/waybar
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -SIGUSR2 $MAINPID
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2s
diff --git a/dot_config/systemd/user/wob.service b/dot_config/systemd/user/wob.service
index c132501..d9c0869 100644
--- a/dot_config/systemd/user/wob.service
+++ b/dot_config/systemd/user/wob.service
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ConditionEnvironment=WAYLAND_DISPLAY
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/sh -c 'rm -f "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/wob.sock" && mkfifo "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/wob.sock"'
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/sh -c 'exec tail -f "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/wob.sock" | wob'
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/sh -c 'exec tail -f "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/wob.sock" | %h/.nix-profile/bin/wob'
 ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/rm -f %t/wob.sock
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2s
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