Okay, it looks like the root cause was already suggested in my earlier post, but I thought I’d proved it wasn’t the case in error.
I see now that I must have confused/mixed-up systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
for linux-modules-cleanup.service
… because the service definitely is not listed in my timers…
$ systemctl list-timers -all
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES
Sun 2022-02-06 02:40:54 CST 2h 25min left Sat 2022-02-05 00:25:11 CST 23h ago updatedb.timer updatedb.service
Sun 2022-02-06 11:04:17 CST 10h left Sat 2022-02-05 11:04:17 CST 13h ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
Mon 2022-02-07 00:00:00 CST 23h left Sun 2022-02-06 00:00:17 CST 15min ago logrotate.timer logrotate.service
Mon 2022-02-07 00:00:00 CST 23h left Sun 2022-02-06 00:00:17 CST 15min ago man-db.timer man-db.service
Mon 2022-02-07 00:00:00 CST 23h left Sun 2022-02-06 00:00:17 CST 15min ago pkgfile-update.timer pkgfile-update.service
Mon 2022-02-07 00:00:00 CST 23h left Sun 2022-02-06 00:00:17 CST 15min ago shadow.timer shadow.service
Mon 2022-02-07 01:38:07 CST 1 day 1h left Mon 2022-01-31 00:24:31 CST 5 days ago fstrim.timer fstrim.service
Thu 2022-02-10 14:42:37 CST 4 days left Thu 2022-02-03 20:47:54 CST 2 days ago pamac-mirrorlist.timer pamac-mirrorlist.service
Sat 2022-03-05 15:00:00 CST 3 weeks 6 days left Sat 2022-02-05 15:00:00 CST 9h ago pamac-cleancache.timer pamac-cleancache.service
n/a n/a n/a n/a mdadm-last-resort@md127.timer mdadm-last-resort@md127.service
10 timers listed.
Memory told me I could fix this by “enabling” the service, so I ran…
$ systemctl enable linux-modules-cleanup.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/linux-modules-cleanup.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/linux-modules-cleanup.service.
But when I re-request the list, the service is not listed.
Should I have run the service enable as sudo
? Or perhaps miss/botch a step or command?
EDIT: Oh my, reading is a skill. systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
was the recommended service to ensure was running, assumption being that it would take care of running linux-modules-cleanup.service
So have I further complicated things by creating another “unnecessary” symlink? (even though it didn’t seem to register a running service?)
$ systemctl enable linux-modules-cleanup.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/linux-modules-cleanup.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/linux-modules-cleanup.service.
Assuming I can clean that up by removing the symlink… does that leave my revised issue/question as… why is my systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
not running the linux-modules-cleanup.service
as expected?
EDIT 2: Thinking I’d explore removing the symlink I’d created, I made an interesting discovery. Whereas the link I created was “plural” (linux-modules-cleanup.service
), there appears to be a broken (white text with blinking read highlight) “singular” (linux-module-cleanup.service
)symlink in the same folder…
$ ls -la /etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 00:17 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Nov 19 10:51 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Jun 14 2021 linux-module-cleanup.service -> /etc/systemd/system/linux-module-cleanup.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 53 Feb 6 00:17 linux-modules-cleanup.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/linux-modules-cleanup.service
Here is a screenshot for clarity…
What do you see in your /etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/
folder? What steps should I follow to clean up and correct my links?
In case it's helpful, here are the contents of the "broken" links folder
$ ls -la /etc/systemd/system/
total 48
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Nov 19 10:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 00:17 basic.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 2021 bluetooth.target.wants
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Jul 13 2021 dbus-org.bluez.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Jul 13 2021 dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Jul 13 2021 dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/ModemManager.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 57 Jul 13 2021 dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Jul 13 2021 dbus-org.freedesktop.timesync1.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jul 13 2021 display-manager.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/sddm.service
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 14 2021 getty.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 298 Oct 13 10:40 grub-btrfs.path
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 28 22:19 multi-user.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 2021 network-online.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 2021 printer.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 2021 sockets.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 2021 sysinit.target.wants
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 56 Oct 21 2018 systemd-fsck-silent-root.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-fsck-silent-root.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 52 Oct 21 2018 systemd-fsck-silent@.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-fsck-silent@.service
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 28 2021 timers.target.wants
In case it's helpful, here are the contents of the folder for the link I might have made incorrectly
$ ls -la /usr/lib/systemd/system/
total 1676
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 20480 Feb 5 10:31 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1939 Jan 28 18:50 accounts-daemon.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 161 Sep 18 18:49 acpid.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 410 Dec 6 12:44 alsa-restore.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 387 Dec 6 12:44 alsa-state.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 880 Feb 3 18:54 apparmor.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1690 Jan 29 16:02 auditd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 706 Jan 23 13:45 auth-rpcgss-module.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 30 10:33 autovt@.service -> getty@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1042 Dec 1 14:38 avahi-daemon.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870 Dec 1 14:38 avahi-daemon.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 950 Dec 1 14:38 avahi-dnsconfd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 927 Jan 30 10:33 basic.target
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 407 Nov 29 07:43 blk-availability.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 449 Jan 30 10:33 blockdev@.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 348 Jan 6 14:23 bluetooth-mesh.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 420 Jan 6 14:23 bluetooth.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 435 Jan 30 10:33 bluetooth.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 463 Jan 30 10:33 boot-complete.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 Jan 12 13:32 btrfs-scrub@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 Jan 12 13:32 btrfs-scrub@.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 491 Jun 23 2021 canberra-system-bootup.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 509 Jun 23 2021 canberra-system-shutdown-reboot.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 466 Jun 23 2021 canberra-system-shutdown.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 659 Jan 13 09:37 clamav-clamonacc.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 496 Jan 13 09:37 clamav-daemon.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 434 Jan 13 09:37 clamav-daemon.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 446 Jan 13 09:37 clamav-freshclam.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 291 Jun 6 2021 colord.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 Dec 2 17:25 configure-printer@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1064 Jan 30 10:33 console-getty.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1246 Jan 30 10:33 container-getty@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 247 Jan 10 05:12 cpupower.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 194 Mar 29 2021 cronie.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 473 Jan 30 10:33 cryptsetup-pre.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 420 Jan 30 10:33 cryptsetup.target
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 30 10:33 ctrl-alt-del.target -> reboot.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 277 Jan 16 04:27 cups-browsed.service
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 148 Jan 27 10:58 cups-lpd@.service
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 139 Jan 27 10:58 cups-lpd.socket
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 142 Jan 27 10:58 cups.path
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 291 Jan 27 10:58 cups.service
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 132 Jan 27 10:58 cups.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 221 Jan 13 16:16 daxdev-reconfigure@.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jan 30 10:33 dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service -> systemd-hostnamed.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 30 10:33 dbus-org.freedesktop.import1.service -> systemd-importd.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Jan 30 10:33 dbus-org.freedesktop.locale1.service -> systemd-localed.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan 30 10:33 dbus-org.freedesktop.login1.service -> systemd-logind.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jan 30 10:33 dbus-org.freedesktop.machine1.service -> systemd-machined.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 30 10:33 dbus-org.freedesktop.oom1.service -> systemd-oomd.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jan 30 10:33 dbus-org.freedesktop.portable1.service -> systemd-portabled.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jan 30 10:33 dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service -> systemd-timedated.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 380 Jul 2 2020 dbus.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102 Jul 2 2020 dbus.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1063 Jan 30 10:33 debug-shell.service
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 30 10:33 default.target -> graphical.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 758 Jan 30 10:33 dev-hugepages.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 701 Jan 30 10:33 dev-mqueue.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Dec 26 13:01 dhclient@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 233 Dec 6 06:27 dhcpcd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 316 Dec 6 06:27 dhcpcd@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 387 Dec 20 16:49 dhtcluster.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 923 Dec 20 16:49 dhtnode.service
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 344 Nov 29 07:43 dm-event.service
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 214 Nov 29 07:43 dm-event.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 336 Feb 2 2021 dmraid.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 485 Sep 9 00:59 dnsmasq.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 300 Feb 3 05:18 e2scrub_all.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 251 Feb 3 05:18 e2scrub_all.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 228 Feb 3 05:18 e2scrub_fail@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 556 Feb 3 05:18 e2scrub_reap.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 441 Feb 3 05:18 e2scrub@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 813 Jan 30 10:33 emergency.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 479 Jan 30 10:33 emergency.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Jan 9 10:05 etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 549 Jan 30 10:33 exit.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 457 Jan 30 10:33 factory-reset.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 235 Feb 18 2021 fancontrol.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 500 Jan 30 10:33 final.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 461 Jan 30 10:33 first-boot-complete.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 259 Jan 19 13:48 flatpak-system-helper.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 480 Jan 31 08:16 fstrim.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270 Jan 31 08:16 fstrim.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 205 Sep 8 16:13 ftpd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 402 Jan 13 17:04 fwupd-offline-update.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 404 Jan 13 17:04 fwupd-refresh.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159 Jan 13 17:04 fwupd-refresh.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 611 Jan 13 17:04 fwupd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 464 Sep 4 17:24 geoclue.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 517 Jan 30 10:33 getty-pre.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1979 Jan 30 10:33 getty@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508 Jan 30 10:33 getty.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 324 Jan 29 03:19 git-daemon@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 Jan 29 03:19 git-daemon.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Aug 31 14:06 gpm.path
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 271 Aug 31 14:06 gpm.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 606 Jan 30 10:33 graphical.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400 Jan 14 2021 gssproxy.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 542 Jan 30 10:33 halt.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 881 Jan 8 14:23 haveged-once.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1049 Jan 8 14:23 haveged.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 199 Feb 18 2021 healthd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 526 Jan 30 10:33 hibernate.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124 Dec 19 04:29 hplip-printer@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 538 Jan 30 10:33 hybrid-sleep.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 670 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-cleanup.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 598 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-fs.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 820 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-parse-etc.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 566 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-root-device.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 initrd-root-device.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 571 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-root-fs.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 initrd-root-fs.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 589 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-switch-root.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 779 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-switch-root.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 810 Jan 30 10:33 initrd.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 823 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 571 Jan 30 10:33 initrd-usr-fs.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 487 Jan 30 10:33 integritysetup-pre.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 430 Jan 30 10:33 integritysetup.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 393 Jan 20 2021 ip6tables.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 364 Jan 20 2021 iptables.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 631 Dec 2 13:23 irexec.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 549 Jan 30 10:33 kexec.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 705 Jan 30 10:33 kmod-static-nodes.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136 Nov 13 12:07 krb5-kadmind.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128 Nov 13 12:07 krb5-kdc.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127 Nov 13 12:07 krb5-kpropd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 158 Nov 13 12:07 krb5-kpropd@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122 Nov 13 12:07 krb5-kpropd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 695 Jan 30 10:33 ldconfig.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 310 Aug 21 05:41 linux-modules-cleanup.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 632 Dec 2 13:23 lircd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182 Dec 2 13:23 lircd-setup.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93 Dec 2 13:23 lircd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 489 Dec 2 13:23 lircd-uinput.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 507 Dec 2 13:23 lircmd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328 Feb 18 2021 lm_sensors.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 453 Jan 30 10:33 local-fs-pre.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 555 Jan 30 10:33 local-fs.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 local-fs.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870 Jan 8 02:06 logrotate.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191 Jan 8 02:06 logrotate.timer
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 326 Nov 29 07:43 lvm2-lvmpolld.service
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 205 Nov 29 07:43 lvm2-lvmpolld.socket
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 539 Nov 29 07:43 lvm2-monitor.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 453 Jan 30 10:33 machine.slice
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 470 Jan 30 10:33 machines.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 machines.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 485 Jun 22 2021 man-db.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 164 Jun 22 2021 man-db.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 481 Jan 10 10:12 mdadm-grow-continue@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 Jan 10 10:12 mdadm-last-resort@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 179 Jan 10 10:12 mdadm-last-resort@.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 613 Jan 10 10:12 mdcheck_continue.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400 Jan 10 10:12 mdcheck_continue.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 563 Jan 10 10:12 mdcheck_start.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 426 Jan 10 10:12 mdcheck_start.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 521 Jan 10 10:12 mdmonitor-oneshot.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 398 Jan 10 10:12 mdmonitor-oneshot.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 521 Jan 10 10:12 mdmonitor.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1034 Jan 10 10:12 mdmon@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345 Dec 3 09:06 mkinitcpio-generate-shutdown-ramfs.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 479 Nov 26 12:06 ModemManager.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 549 Jan 30 10:33 modprobe@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 903 Dec 1 15:36 mpd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135 Dec 1 15:36 mpd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Jan 30 10:33 multi-user.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 multi-user.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134 Jan 13 16:16 ndctl-monitor.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 637 Jan 13 09:58 NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1335 Jan 13 09:58 NetworkManager.service
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 23 08:45 NetworkManager.service.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1148 Jan 13 09:58 NetworkManager-wait-online.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 513 Jan 30 10:33 network-online.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 520 Jan 30 10:33 network-pre.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 529 Jan 30 10:33 network.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 291 Jan 23 13:45 nfs-blkmap.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 433 Jan 23 13:45 nfs-client.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236 Jan 23 13:45 nfsdcld.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 222 Jan 23 13:45 nfs-idmapd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 287 Jan 23 13:45 nfs-mountd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 895 Jan 23 13:45 nfs-server.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 567 Jan 23 13:45 nfs-utils.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 273 Jan 23 13:45 nfsv4-exportd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 779 Jan 23 13:45 nfsv4-server.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 573 Dec 22 04:10 ninfod.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 404 Jan 31 10:42 nmb.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2177 Jan 13 09:58 nm-priv-helper.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 424 May 12 2021 nscd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 562 Jan 30 10:33 nss-lookup.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 521 Jan 30 10:33 nss-user-lookup.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 230 Jul 1 2020 ntpdate.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 Jul 1 2020 ntpd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 841 Dec 15 05:52 openvpn-client@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1000 Dec 15 05:52 openvpn-server@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 981 Jan 6 16:31 ostree-finalize-staged.path
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1870 Jan 6 16:31 ostree-finalize-staged.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1147 Jan 6 16:31 ostree-prepare-root.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1481 Jan 6 16:31 ostree-remount.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 109 Jan 9 10:05 paccache.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142 Jan 9 10:05 paccache.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 332 Jan 9 10:05 pacman-init.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 108 Jan 29 15:51 pamac-cleancache.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140 Jan 29 15:51 pamac-cleancache.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 118 Jan 29 15:51 pamac-daemon.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157 Jan 29 15:51 pamac-mirrorlist.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157 Jan 29 15:51 pamac-mirrorlist.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 330 Sep 8 16:18 pam_namespace.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 407 Jan 30 10:33 paths.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 266 Dec 4 11:46 pcscd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157 Dec 4 11:46 pcscd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 319 May 27 2020 pkgfile-update.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 143 May 27 2020 pkgfile-update.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172 Jan 25 18:09 polkit.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 607 Jan 30 10:33 poweroff.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 153 May 2 2021 ppp@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 433 Jan 30 10:33 printer.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 98 Jan 23 13:45 proc-fs-nfsd.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 779 Jan 30 10:33 proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 726 Jan 30 10:33 proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 623 Jan 30 10:33 quotaon.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 674 Dec 22 04:10 rarpd@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 741 Dec 22 04:10 rdisc.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 598 Jan 30 10:33 reboot.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 557 Jan 30 10:33 remote-cryptsetup.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 454 Jan 30 10:33 remote-fs-pre.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 530 Jan 30 10:33 remote-fs.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 remote-fs.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 565 Jan 30 10:33 remote-veritysetup.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 804 Jan 30 10:33 rescue.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 500 Jan 30 10:33 rescue.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165 Jan 31 08:16 rfkill-block@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167 Jan 31 08:16 rfkill-unblock@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Sep 8 16:13 rlogin@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135 Sep 8 16:13 rlogin.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 480 Dec 2 13:58 rpcbind.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 368 Dec 2 13:58 rpcbind.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 548 Jan 30 10:33 rpcbind.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281 Jan 23 13:45 rpc-gssd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80 Jan 23 13:45 rpc_pipefs.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 387 Jan 23 13:45 rpc-statd-notify.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 429 Jan 23 13:45 rpc-statd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129 Sep 8 16:13 rsh@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135 Sep 8 16:13 rsh.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1011 Jul 28 2021 rsyncd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 933 Jul 28 2021 rsyncd@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165 Jul 28 2021 rsyncd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1020 Apr 4 2020 rtkit-daemon.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 406 Jan 31 10:42 samba.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 431 Jan 19 12:13 saned@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132 Jan 19 12:13 saned.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 357 Feb 3 15:26 sddm.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264 Feb 18 2021 sensord.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1496 Jan 30 10:33 serial-getty@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 319 Jan 27 07:47 shadow.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124 Jan 27 07:47 shadow.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 457 Jan 30 10:33 shutdown.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 10 14:52 shutdown.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 410 Jan 30 10:33 sigpwr.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 468 Jan 30 10:33 sleep.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 462 Jan 30 10:33 slices.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 428 Jan 30 10:33 smartcard.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 323 Dec 31 2020 smartd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 450 Jan 31 10:42 smb.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 880 Jan 12 12:43 snapd.apparmor.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 151 Jan 12 12:43 snapd.failure.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 318 Jan 12 12:43 snapd.seeded.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 477 Jan 12 12:43 snapd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281 Jan 12 12:43 snapd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 223 Aug 3 2021 sndiod.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 266 Dec 1 15:45 snmpd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Dec 1 15:45 snmptrapd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 409 Jan 30 10:33 sockets.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 sockets.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 428 Jan 30 10:33 sound.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 16 07:50 sound.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 527 Sep 26 13:41 sshdgenkeys.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 250 Sep 26 13:41 sshd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 306 Feb 2 02:02 sudo_logsrvd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 511 Jan 30 10:33 suspend.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 585 Jan 30 10:33 suspend-then-hibernate.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 402 Jan 30 10:33 swap.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1162 Jan 30 10:33 sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 566 Jan 30 10:33 sysinit.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 sysinit.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1136 Jan 30 10:33 sys-kernel-config.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 746 Jan 30 10:33 sys-kernel-debug.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 772 Jan 30 10:33 sys-kernel-tracing.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1415 Jan 30 10:33 syslog.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 727 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-ask-password-console.path
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 745 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-ask-password-console.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 652 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-ask-password-wall.path
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 747 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-ask-password-wall.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 735 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-backlight@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1213 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-binfmt.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 690 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-bless-boot.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 730 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-boot-check-no-failures.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1379 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-boot-system-token.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 684 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-boot-update.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1149 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-coredump@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 594 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-coredump.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 564 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-exit.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1317 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-firstboot.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 717 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-fsck-root.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 705 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-fsck@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 668 Oct 21 2018 systemd-fsck-silent-root.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 725 Oct 21 2018 systemd-fsck-silent@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 594 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-halt.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 680 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-hibernate-resume@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 555 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-hibernate.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 645 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-homed-activate.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1362 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-homed.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1205 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-hostnamed.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 825 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-hwdb-update.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 576 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-hybrid-sleep.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1032 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-importd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 741 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journal-catalog-update.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 655 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journald-audit.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journald-dev-log.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1816 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journald.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1458 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journald@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 906 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journald.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 746 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journald@.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 605 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journald-varlink@.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 788 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journal-flush.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1145 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journal-gatewayd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 500 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journal-gatewayd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1307 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journal-remote.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 450 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journal-remote.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1200 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-journal-upload.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 601 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-kexec.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1213 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-localed.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2018 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-logind.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1306 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-machined.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 748 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-machine-id-commit.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1019 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-modules-load.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2325 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-networkd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-networkd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 752 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 690 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-network-generator.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1596 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-nspawn@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1710 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-oomd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 602 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-oomd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1027 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-portabled.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 575 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-poweroff.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 747 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-pstore.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 670 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-quotacheck.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1175 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-random-seed.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 568 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-reboot.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 779 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-remount-fs.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1217 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-repart.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1789 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-resolved.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 729 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-rfkill.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 734 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-rfkill.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 556 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-suspend.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 623 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 705 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-sysctl.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1002 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-sysext.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-sysusers.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1162 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-timedated.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1768 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-timesyncd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1208 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-time-wait-sync.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 693 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 539 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 747 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 814 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 650 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-udevd-control.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 624 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-udevd-kernel.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1317 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-udevd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 863 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-udev-settle.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 763 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-udev-trigger.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-update-done.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 807 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-update-utmp.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1187 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-userdbd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 691 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-userdbd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 655 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-user-sessions.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 650 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-vconsole-setup.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 743 Jan 30 10:33 systemd-volatile-root.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 454 Jan 30 10:33 'system-systemd\x2dcryptsetup.slice'
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1423 Jan 30 10:33 system-update-cleanup.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 551 Jan 30 10:33 system-update-pre.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 625 Jan 30 10:33 system-update.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 23 08:45 system-update.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177 Sep 8 16:13 talk.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 Sep 8 16:13 talk.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 244 Dec 2 13:18 teamd@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 381 Jan 27 22:14 teamviewerd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115 Sep 8 16:13 telnet@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 153 Sep 8 16:13 telnet.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 458 Jan 30 10:33 timers.target
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 timers.target.wants
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 434 Jan 30 10:33 time-set.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 487 Jan 30 10:33 time-sync.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 797 Jan 30 10:33 tmp.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 203 Oct 1 09:27 udisks2.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 608 Oct 1 09:27 udisks2-zram-setup@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 351 Dec 11 12:49 ufw.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 465 Jan 30 10:33 umount.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 224 Apr 21 2021 updatedb.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113 Apr 21 2021 updatedb.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 990 Aug 26 16:34 upower.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 426 Jan 30 10:33 usb-gadget.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 200 Jul 19 2020 usb_modeswitch@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 199 Jun 17 2020 usbmuxd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 704 Jan 30 10:33 user-runtime-dir@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 779 Jan 30 10:33 user@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 440 Jan 30 10:33 user.slice
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 10:31 user-.slice.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 538 Jan 31 08:16 uuidd.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 149 Jan 31 08:16 uuidd.socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 807 Jan 30 10:33 var-lib-machines.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191 Jan 23 13:45 var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 221 Jan 18 14:32 vboxweb.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 481 Jan 30 10:33 veritysetup-pre.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 427 Jan 30 10:33 veritysetup.target
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 234 Jul 20 2021 vpnc@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 385 Jan 31 10:42 winbind.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 452 Jan 23 03:35 wpa_supplicant-nl80211@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 310 Jan 23 03:35 wpa_supplicant.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 414 Jan 23 03:35 wpa_supplicant@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 446 Jan 23 03:35 wpa_supplicant-wired@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 375 Dec 7 02:35 xfs_scrub_all.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 250 Dec 7 02:35 xfs_scrub_all.timer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272 Dec 7 02:35 xfs_scrub_fail@.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Dec 7 02:35 xfs_scrub@.service
And here are the contents of the file the symlink I created points to
$ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/linux-modules-cleanup.service
[Unit]
Description=Clean up modules from old kernels
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/bash -exc 'for i in /usr/lib/modules/[0-9]*; do if [[ $${i##*/} = \'%v\' ]] || pacman -Qo "$${i}"; then continue; fi; rsync -AHXal "$${i}" /usr/lib/modules/.old/; rm -rf "$${i}"; done'
[Install]
WantedBy=basic.target
Hmm, I’m starting to think I might have been on the right track (that many files inside /usr/lib/systemd/system/
must be meaningful ), and that the only thing left to do is drop the broken link
Hopefully someone can confirm my thoughts.