Systemd GUI is back!

[GreyGeek]

I don't know exactly when the ability to edit the systemd object graphical returned to Kubuntu. Several times in the past I've looked for systemd-gui or systemd-ui and everything I found was too old (10-12 yrs) or unsupported. I tried Cockpit but I didn't like the bloat nor the use of a browser. Some folks even suggested going to the Xenial repository and downloading systemd-ui_3-4_amd64.deb but that's too old for my tastes and I had no desire to see how many packages it would break.

Someone praised a CLI too, chkservice, which I installed but it's not what I was looking for.

Someone suggested SystemdGenie, which they equated to Kcmsystemd. That didn't exist in 22.04 so I began looking through the repository for similar names and found kde-config-systemd. I installed it.

Then I did kcmshell5 --list

The following modules are available:
kcm_about-distro - Information About This System
kcm_energyinfo - Energy Consumption Statistics
kcm_access - Configure Accessibility Options
kcm_autostart - Automatically Started Applications
kcm_baloofile - Configure File Search
kcm_bluetooth - Manage Bluetooth devices
kcm_bolt - Thunderbolt Device Management
kcm_colors - Choose color scheme
kcm_componentchooser - Choose default Applications
kcm_cursortheme - Choose mouse cursor theme
kcm_desktoptheme - Choose Plasma style
kcm_feedback - Configure user feedback settings
kcm_firewall - Control your network rules
kcm_fonts - Configure user interface fonts
kcm_formats - Numeric, Currency and Time Formats
kcm_icons - Choose icon theme
kcm_kded - Configure background services
kcm_keyboard - Keyboard Hardware and Layout
kcm_keys - Configure Keyboard Shortcuts
kcm_kgamma - A monitor calibration tool
kcm_landingpage - Landing page with some basic settings
kcm_launchfeedback - Application Launch Feedback
kcm_lookandfeel - Choose global look and feel
kcm_mouse - Mouse Controls
kcm_nightcolor - Adjust color temperature at night to reduce eye strain
kcm_notifications - Event Notifications and Actions
kcm_sddm - Configure Login Manager
kcm_smserver - Desktop Session Login and Logout
kcm_splashscreen - Choose splash screen theme
kcm_style - Configure application style and behavior
kcm_tablet - No description available
kcm_touchpad - Touchpad settings
kcm_translations - Change workspace and application languages
kcm_users - Manage user accounts
kcm_workspace - Configure general workspace behavior
kcm_activities - Activities help you to focus on a specific task
kcm_clock - Date and Time
kcm_desktoppaths - Location for Personal Files
kcm_device_automounter - Configure automatic handling of removable storage media
kcm_filetypes - Configure file associations
kcm_fontinst - Install, manage and preview fonts
kcm_joystick - Calibrate Game Controller
kcm_plasmasearch - Configure search settings
kcm_qtquicksettings - No description available
kcm_solid_actions - Manage actions available to the user when connecting new devices
kcmspellchecking - Spell Checker Dictionaries and Options
kcm_cpu - Advanced CPU Information
kcm_devinfo - Device Viewer
kcm_egl - EGL information
kcm_glx - GLX information
kcm_interrupts - Interrupt information
kcm_nic - Network interface information
kcm_pci - PCI information
kcm_samba - Samba status monitor
kcm_usb - USB devices attached to this computer
kcm_vulkan - Vulkan graphics API information
kcm_wayland - Information about the Wayland Compositor
kcm_xserver - X-Server information
smart - Storage device health monitoring
kcm_audiocd - Audiocd IO Slave Configuration
kcm_cookies - Configure the way cookies work
kcm_kamera - Configure Kamera
kcm_kaccounts - Configure your internet accounts such as Google, Live, Owncloud
kcm_kdeconnect - Connect and sync your devices
kcm_kscreen - Manage and configure monitors and displays
kcm_kup - Configure backup plans
kcm_kwin_effects - Configure compositor settings for desktop effects
kcm_kwin_virtualdesktops - Configure navigation, number and layout of virtual desktops
kcm_kwinrules - Individual Window Behavior
kcm_networkmanagement - Edit your Network Connections
kcm_notificationhelper - Control the notifications for system helpers
kcm_printer_manager - Configure your printers
kcm_pulseaudio - Configure audio devices and volume
kcm_ssl - SSL Versions and Certificates
kcm_systemd - Configure the systemd daemon
kcm_virtualkeyboard - Select which virtual keyboard to use
kcm_wacomtablet - Wacom Tablet Settings
kcm_whoopsie - Automatic Crash and Metrics Reporting
kcm_hotkeys - Configure Input Actions settings
kcm_kwallet5 - KDE Wallet Configuration
kwincompositing - Compositor Settings for Desktop Effects
kcm_kwindecoration - Configure window titlebars and borders
kcm_kwinoptions - Configure window actions and behavior
kcm_kwinscreenedges - Configure active screen corners and edges
kcm_kwin_scripts - Manage KWin scripts
kcm_kwintabbox - Navigation Through Windows
kcm_kwintouchscreen - Configure touch screen swipe gestures
kcm_netpref - Configure generic network preferences, like timeout values
kcm_powerdevilactivitiesconfig - Per-Activity Power Management
kcm_powerdevilglobalconfig - Advanced Power Management Settings
kcm_powerdevilprofilesconfig - Energy Saving
kcm_proxy - Configure the proxy servers used
kcm_screenlocker - Configure screen locking
kcm_smb - Credentials used to access SMB shares
kcm_webshortcuts - Configure web search keywords

And there it was. I ran it:

$ kcmshell5 kcm_systemd

Detected systemd 0
Persistent partition size found to: 474636 MB
Volatile partition size found to: 1566 MB
Refreshing system units...
Refreshing user units...
Refreshing session list...
"Successfully read /etc/systemd/system.conf"
"Successfully read /etc/systemd/journald.conf"
"Successfully read /etc/systemd/logind.conf"

and up popped a systemd gui dialog with all the abilities I was looking for. Knowning this I checked system --> settings and scrolled down to the bottom. There at the bottom was "Systemd". I clicked on it and the kcm-systemd gui appeared.

Nirvana!

[Schwarzer Kater]

kcm_systemd (kde-config-systemd) has also been available in Kubuntu 22.04.

As I am a lazy person my other favourite is kcm_cron (kde-config-cron). Both are nicely implemented in System Settings.

[GreyGeek]

Thanks for the heads up on kcm_cron!

I've only recently returned to Kubuntu with 22.04 and hadn't checked on the existence of systemd-ui until yesterday.