Homebridge troubleshooting

OK @makerken thanks for your reply!
I checked these points:

List all files:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -la
total 156
drwxr-xr-x 29 pi   pi   4096 Mar 30 00:28 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Mar 13 22:55 ..
-rw-------  1 pi   pi   2679 Mar 31 18:11 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--  1 pi   pi    220 Mar 13 22:55 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 pi   pi   3523 Mar 13 22:55 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x  7 pi   pi   4096 Mar 28 23:43 .cache
drwx------  8 pi   pi   4096 Mar 28 23:06 .claws-mail
drwx------ 18 pi   pi   4096 Mar 29 01:44 .config
drwx------  3 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:23 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 30 00:10 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  4 pi   pi   4096 Mar 28 23:47 Documents
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:18 Downloads
-rw-------  1 pi   pi   4118 Mar 28 23:26 example.txt:.save
drwx------  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 28 23:53 .gconf
drwx------  3 pi   pi   4096 Mar 28 18:01 .gnome
drwx------  3 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:18 .gnupg
-rw-r--r--  1 pi   pi     80 Mar 28 21:07 .gtkrc-2.0
drwxr-xr-x  4 pi   pi   4096 Mar 29 01:44 .homebridge
drwxr-xr-x  3 pi   pi   4096 Mar 13 23:41 .local
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:18 Music
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 28 23:25 .nano
drwxr-xr-x  4 pi   pi   4096 Mar 29 02:00 .npm
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:43 .oracle_jre_usage
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:18 Pictures
drwx------  3 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:47 .pki
-rw-r--r--  1 pi   pi    675 Mar 13 22:55 .profile
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:18 Public
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 13 23:41 python_games
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:18 Templates
drwxr-xr-x  3 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:18 .themes
drwx------  4 pi   pi   4096 Mar 28 18:23 .thumbnails
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:18 Videos
drwx------  3 pi   pi   4096 Mar 28 20:37 .vnc
drwxr-xr-x  3 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:43 .Wolfram
drwxr-xr-x 11 pi   pi   4096 Mar 14 00:43 .WolframEngine
-rw-------  1 pi   pi     56 Mar 30 00:28 .Xauthority
-rw-------  1 pi   pi   3955 Mar 30 00:28 .xsession-errors
-rw-------  1 pi   pi   3955 Mar 29 23:59 .xsession-errors.old

Where is Homebridge located?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ which homebridge
/usr/bin/homebridge

Where are your startup scripts located?

  1. Check /etc/systemd/system directory:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd /etc/systemd/system
pi@raspberrypi:/etc/systemd/system $ ls -la
total 72
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Mar 14 00:27 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Mar 13 22:43 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1551 Jul  4  2017 autologin@.service
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:05 bluetooth.target.wants
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   37 Mar 13 23:05 dbus-org.bluez.service -> /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   40 Mar 13 23:07 dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service -> /lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   34 Mar 13 23:08 dhcpcd5.service -> /lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd.service
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:19 dhcpcd.service.d
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   35 Mar 13 23:16 display-manager.service -> /lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:41 getty.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 22:55 getty@tty1.service.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:01 halt.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 14 00:27 multi-user.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 22:50 network-online.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 14 00:27 pigpiod.service.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:01 poweroff.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:07 rc-local.service.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:01 reboot.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:06 remote-fs.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:08 sockets.target.wants
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 23:04 sysinit.target.wants
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   35 Mar 13 22:49 syslog.service -> /lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Mar 13 22:50 timers.target.wants
pi@raspberrypi:/etc/systemd/system $ 

  1. Check /etc/default directory:
pi@raspberrypi:/etc/systemd/system $ cd /etc/default
pi@raspberrypi:/etc/default $ ls -la
total 92
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 Mar 29 23:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 111 root root 4096 Mar 30 00:10 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  219 Jan 23  2017 avahi-daemon
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  845 Oct 24  2016 bluetooth
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  222 Oct 25  2016 bsdmainutils
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  276 Mar 13 23:07 console-setup
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  549 Aug 23  2014 crda
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  955 Oct  7 15:38 cron
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  297 Mar  2 09:59 dbus
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   84 Mar  5  2012 fake-hwclock
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  657 Mar  7 19:29 hwclock
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  150 Mar 29 23:58 keyboard
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   52 Mar 13 22:52 locale
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  306 Jun  2  2015 networking
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  793 Dec 15  2016 nfs-common
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1756 Jan 14 11:39 nss
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  292 Mar 13 22:05 raspberrypi-kernel
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 2062 Dec 10 13:57 rsync
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  124 Jan 18  2017 rsyslog
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  133 Mar  1 13:36 ssh
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  625 Aug  3  2016 timidity
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  548 Aug 30  2016 triggerhappy
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1118 Mar 13 23:07 useradd
pi@raspberrypi:/etc/default $ 

Conclusion: none of these directories contains “homebridge.service”…