Bug#794264: closed by Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> (Re: Bug#800528: systemd: Systemd cannot boot. sysvinit works.)

ael adrian.lawrence at physics.oxon.org
Fri Nov 20 17:33:11 GMT 2015


On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 01:33:04PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the systemd package:
> 
> #794264: systemd: System will no longer boot

I have been away from both machines until the last couple of days.
I fear that the bug remains, but so far I have not have the time to 
investigate further. I appreciate that without solid information 
there is little that you can do. 

This is just to make you aware that the sysvinit option is definitely
still needed. I hope to have some time to look into this properly
but it won't be in the next day or two...

ael

> 
> It has been closed by Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>.
> 
> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
> better one in a separate message then please contact Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> by
> replying to this email.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 794264: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794264
> Debian Bug Tracking System
> Contact owner at bugs.debian.org with problems

> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:29:11 +0100
> From: Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
> To: ael <law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com>, 800528-done at bugs.debian.org,
>  794264-done at bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#800528: systemd: Systemd cannot boot. sysvinit works.
> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101
>  Thunderbird/38.3.0
> 
> Am 30.09.2015 um 15:19 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> 
> > Btw, you already reported
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794264
> > where we've been asking for the same information and didn't receive any
> > so far.
> > 
> > Is this bug report different in any way or why did you file a new one?
> 
> No feedback so far for both bug reports and with the existing
> information it's not possible to further investigate this issue. Thus
> closing both
> 
> If you still encounter issues with recent versions of systemd, please
> file a new bug report and if necessary, provide the requested information.
> 
> Regards,
> Michael
> -- 
> Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
> universe are pointed away from Earth?
> 



> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:57:49 +0100
> From: ael <law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> Subject: systemd: System will no longer boot
> X-Mailer: reportbug 6.6.3
> 
> Package: systemd
> Version: 221-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> I had to select the sysvinit option from the grub menu in order to
> achieve a boot. The standard menu entry got as far as (probably) trying
> to spawn X, and then hung. But it had no business doing that because
> the default target was set to
> default.target -> /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target
> in /etc/systemd/systemd/
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: stretch/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (990, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Init: unable to detect
> 
> Versions of packages systemd depends on:
> ii  adduser         3.113+nmu3
> ii  libacl1         2.2.52-2
> ii  libapparmor1    2.9.2-3
> ii  libaudit1       1:2.4.2-1
> ii  libblkid1       2.26.2-6
> ii  libc6           2.19-18
> ii  libcap2         1:2.24-9
> ii  libcap2-bin     1:2.24-9
> ii  libcryptsetup4  2:1.6.6-5
> ii  libgcc1         1:5.1.1-12
> ii  libgcrypt20     1.6.3-2
> ii  libkmod2        20-1
> ii  liblzma5        5.1.1alpha+20120614-2+b3
> ii  libmount1       2.26.2-6
> ii  libpam0g        1.1.8-3.1
> ii  libseccomp2     2.2.1-2
> ii  libselinux1     2.3-2+b1
> ii  libsystemd0     221-1
> ii  mount           2.26.2-6
> ii  sysv-rc         2.88dsf-59.2
> ii  udev            221-1
> ii  util-linux      2.26.2-6
> 
> Versions of packages systemd recommends:
> ii  dbus            1.8.18-1
> ii  libpam-systemd  221-1
> 
> Versions of packages systemd suggests:
> pn  systemd-ui  <none>
> 
> -- no debconf information

> [REDIRECTED] /etc/systemd/system/default.target -> /lib/systemd/system/default.target
> [EXTENDED]   /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service -> /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf
> [EXTENDED]   /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service -> /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf
> [OVERRIDDEN] /etc/systemd/system/vsftpd.service -> /lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service
> 
> --- /lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service	2014-07-27 10:42:53.000000000 +0100
> +++ /etc/systemd/system/vsftpd.service	2013-03-10 21:03:53.000000000 +0000
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  [Unit]
>  Description=vsftpd FTP server
> -After=network.target
> +After=syslog.target network.target
>  
>  [Service]
>  Type=simple
> 
> 
> 4 overridden configuration files found.

> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cron.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cron.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/hibernate.target.wants/anacron-resume.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dm-event.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/dm-event.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.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/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/shutdown.target.wants/unattended-upgrades.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/sshd.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/display-manager.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/inetd.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/inetd.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/uuidd.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/uuidd.socket
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/graphical.target.wants/slim.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/anacron-resume.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/suspend.target.wants/anacron-resume.service
> /etc/systemd/system/hibernate.target.wants/anacron-resume.service
> /etc/systemd/system/hybrid-sleep.target.wants/anacron-resume.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
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/dm-event.socket <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/gpsd.socket <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/uuidd.socket <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/cups.socket <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dm-event.socket.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/dm-event.socket
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-monitor.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/lvm2-monitor.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/uuidd.socket.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/uuidd.socket
> 
> ==> /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/vsftpd.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vsftpd.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.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/printer.target.wants/cups.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/gpsd.socket.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/gpsd.socket
> 
> ==> /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/saned.socket.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/saned.socket
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/privoxy.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/avahi-daemon.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/inetd.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/cups.path <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ModemManager.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/cups-browsed.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/cron.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/NetworkManager.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/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/vsftpd.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/smartd.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cups.socket.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/cups.socket
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/privoxy.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/privoxy.service
> 
> ==> /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/resolvconf.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/resolvconf.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cups-browsed.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cups-browsed.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/dbus-org.bluez.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/lvm2-activation-early.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation-early.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sysinit.target.wants/resolvconf.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sysinit.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sysinit.target.wants/lvm2-monitor.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/smartd.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/smartd.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/pppd-dns.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pppd-dns.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/suspend.target.wants/anacron-resume.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/syslog.service <==
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-lvmetad.socket.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket
> /etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/unattended-upgrades.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/shutdown.target.wants/unattended-upgrades.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cups.path.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/paths.target.wants/cups.path
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/hybrid-sleep.target.wants/anacron-resume.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/gpsd.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/gpsd.socket
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cups.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/cups.socket
> /etc/systemd/system/paths.target.wants/cups.path
> /etc/systemd/system/printer.target.wants/cups.service
> 
> ==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.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/slim.service.dsh-also <==
> /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
> /etc/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/slim.service

> #/dev/sda3		/boot                   ext2    defaults        1 2
> /dev/disk/by-label/boot /boot                   ext2    defaults,relatime 1 2
> /dev/sda7               /			ext3    defaults,acl        1 1
> #/dev/disk/by-label/root /			ext3    defaults        1 1
> #/dev/hdb3		/usr                    ext3    defaults        1 2
> /dev/disk/by-label/usr	/usr			ext3    defaults,relatime 1 2
> #/dev/hda5 -- part of lvm vg fs1
> #/dev/sda1 -- now part of lvm vg fs1
> #/dev/mapper/fs1-fs1	/fs1			ext4	defaults	1 2
> /dev/disk/by-label/fs1	/fs1			ext4	defaults,acl	1 2
> #/dev/hda6		swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-IBM-DHEA-38451_SH0SH1L0420-part6	swap swap defaults 0 0
> #/dev/sdb2		swap			swap	pri=10		0 0
> #/dev/hdb2		swap			swap	pri=10		0 0
> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160023A_3LJ0AC49-part2	swap	swap	pri=10	0 0
> /dev/fd0		/mnt/floppy             ext2    owner,noauto    0 0
> #/dev/cdrom		/mnt/cdrom		iso9660 owner,noauto,ro 0 0
> /dev/scd0		/cdrom			iso9660 owner,noauto,ro 0 0
> /dev/scd0		/cdrw			iso9660 owner,noauto,ro 0 0
> /dev/scd1		/dvd			iso9660 owner,noauto,ro 0 0
> none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
> none                    /sys			sysfs   defaults        0 0
> none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
> none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> #/dev/sda1		/doze98			vfat	defaults,uid=500,gid=500 1 0
> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-IBM-DHEA-38451_SH0SH1L0420-part1	/doze98	vfat defaults,uid=500,gid=500 1 0
> #/dev/sdb1		/doze_hwtools		vfat	defaults,uid=500,gid=500 1 0
> /dev/disk/by-label/SEAGATE	/doze_hwtools	vfat	defaults,uid=500,gid=500 1 0
> none			/dev/shm		shm	defaults	0 0	0 0
> none			/proc/bus/usb/		usbfs	defaults	0 0
> #mbl camera usb mass storage
> #/dev/sdb1		/mnt/camera		vfat	 defaults,uid=500,gid=50 0 0
> #/dev/disk/by-label/usb_ael_1 /usbstick1		ext2	rw,suid,dev,exec,nouser,async,noauto	1 2
> #/dev/disk/by-label/usb_ael_2 /usbstick2		ext2	rw,suid,dev,exec,nouser\,async,noauto	1 2
> /dev/disk/by-label/SD_CARD /camera		vfat	uid=500,gid=500,noauto,rw 0 0



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