Bug#761021: (no subject)

[Michael Biebl]

Am 10.09.2014 um 02:32 schrieb Jean-Philippe MENGUAL:
> Subject: systemd: Not helpful bug to fix a minor problem
> Package: systemd
> Version: 208-8
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
>    
> I use virtualbox and my Debian sid on it. I have a specific disk for my home.
> And I forgot to attach it to the VM.
> Systemd refused to boot and went to emergency. It's not a normal behavior,
> as it should at least go to login step. Emergency is much less flexible than
> default mode, so a login as root would have been more wonderful.
> Logs haven't helped me, I disco(ered the issue trying to report a bug,
> releasing there wasn't my home, etc.
> 
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
>      
> The boot says:
> piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.0: SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr [    4.984162] intel_rapl: no valid rapl domains found in package 0 Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" to try again to boot into default mode. Give root password
> 
> 
>>From the boot messages, I investigated and saw there were minor (one implied to
> blacklist i2c_piiix4; the other to remove hal). And after next boot once I
> understand and attach the missing disk, it worked,
> but I had always this message!
> 
> Well, after 1st boot anyway, before I realise the !eal problem, it still
> doesn't work (even without hal and the blacklisted module). So, I go on
> investigating. I remove acpid, impossible to set in Emergency mode, but stll
> nothing.
> 
> So, I run journalctl -xb:
> 

I'm having a hard time understanding what the actual problem is you are
having and where exactly the bug in systemd is supposed to be.

Can you please elaborate?


Regards,
Michael
-- 
Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
universe are pointed away from Earth?

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