Bug#760142: systemd: Assertions from systemd-logind on powerpc during login, with continuing loop

[Chris Tillman]

On 9/1/14, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Am 01.09.2014 11:04, schrieb Chris Tillman:
>>         Activation of org.freedesktop.systemd1 timed out
>
> There are quite a few more D-Bus services besides
> org.freedesktop.systemd1 which time out.
> It seems also that all services which use Type=dbus in their .service
> file enter the failed state.
> So this seems to be a D-Bus related issue.
>
> What's the output of systemctl status dbus.service dbus.socket
> after the boot?
>
> Is this problem reproducible after a reboot?
>
>
> --
> Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
> universe are pointed away from Earth?
>
>

Yes, it's the same on every boot. I issue systemctl stop lightdm.service to
stop it cycling back to VT7. And it needs systemct stop systemd.login.d to
stop the cycling altogether.

Here is the systemctl status:

dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dbus.service; static)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2014-09-02 09:42:06 NZST; 8min ago
     Docs: man:dbus-daemon(1)
 Main PID: 767 (dbus-daemon)
   CGroup: /system.slice/dbus.service
           └─767 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd:
--nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation

Sep 02 09:44:00 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out
Sep 02 09:44:01 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1': timed out
Sep 02 09:44:25 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
Sep 02 09:44:50 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
Sep 02 09:45:15 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
Sep 02 09:45:40 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
Sep 02 09:46:05 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
Sep 02 09:46:30 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
Sep 02 09:48:00 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
Sep 02 09:49:30 debian dbus[767]: [system] Failed to activate service
'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out

dbus.socket - D-Bus System Message Bus Socket
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket; static)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2014-09-02 09:42:05 NZST; 8min ago
   Listen: /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket (Stream)

Sep 02 09:42:05 debian systemd[1]: Starting D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.
Sep 02 09:42:05 debian systemd[1]: Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket.


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Chris Tillman
Developer