Bug#771188: multi-user.target boots to graphical mode

[Marc Haber]

Package: systemd
Severity: normal

Hi,

I have a current sid system which has been updated to current sid from
May's sid in a big update run and has gotten systemd in the process.

Unfortunately, it dies when X is started.

To debug this issue, I'd like to have a possibility to stop X from
being started.

Since I cannot just dump "exit 0" into an init script any more, I need
a way to stop system startup at the multi-user stage before X is
started.

>From the upstream docs, it looks like passing
"systemd.unit=multi-user.target" on the kernel command line should do
that: "A special target unit for setting up a multi-user system
(non-graphical). This is pulled in by graphical.target."

Unfortunately, my system seems to start up X nevertheless.

Is this an intentional change to the way Upstream designed and
documented systemd, or is it a bug in Debian's packaging of systemd?

If it was an intentional change to the way Upstream designed and
documented systemd, how do I locally change the behavior back to
Upstream's (sensible) default?

Greetings
Marc
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==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/incron.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/incron.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/rsyslog.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/atd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/atd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ssh.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/ssh.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/drbd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/bind9.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/libvirt-bin.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/libvirt-guests.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/anacron.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/virtlockd.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-daemon.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/incron.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ModemManager.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/binfmt-support.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/fancontrol.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ssh.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/atd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/pppd-dns.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/avahi-daemon.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-daemon.service
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/virtlockd.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/virtlockd.socket
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/virtlockd.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/syslog.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/plymouth-quit.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/plymouth.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-activation.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation-early.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/libvirt-guests.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/libvirt-guests.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lm-sensors.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bluetooth.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager-wait-online.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager-wait-online.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ssh.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ssh.service
/etc/systemd/system/sshd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sshd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/fancontrol.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/fancontrol.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/avahi-daemon.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/binfmt-support.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/binfmt-support.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-activation-early.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation-early.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/drbd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/drbd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/libvirt-bin.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/libvirt-bin.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/pppd-dns.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pppd-dns.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/anacron.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/anacron.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.bluez.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bind9.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/bind9.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/plymouth-log.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/virtlockd.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/plymouth-read-write.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/plymouth-log.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/plymouth.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-lvmetad.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ModemManager.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ModemManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/virtlockd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/virtlockd.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bind9-resolvconf.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/bind9.service.wants/bind9-resolvconf.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service <==
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