Bug#801844: [systemd] Sudden Unbootable System

[David Baron]

Package: systemd
Version: 226-4
Severity: grave

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Systemd is still 226-4, not upgraded, had been working up until my first boot morning of 14.10 
which booted OK.
 
Upgraded some KF5 Baloo packages to fix dorked KDE, rebooted, then bingo.
 
Boot stops with
lvmetad is not active yet
disk/by-uuid/fca ..... invalid path or logical
 
Then a minute-30 second start job runs for a device (differing uuid).
After that, control/D choice.
 
Control/D will reboot, try again, same thing.
Entering root password gives me a shell but I do not know what to do in it.
 
My second boot option is same kernel but with
append="init=/lib/sysvinit/init"
This boots up the old way, just fine!
 
Relevant errors in dmesg: (After init bootup)
:~$ dmesg | grep -i fail  
***
[   19.586295] systemd-logind[3346]: Failed to enable subscription: Launch helper exited with 
unknown return code 1
[   19.586332] systemd-logind[3346]: Failed to fully start up daemon: Input/output error
[   37.068868] systemd-logind[4387]: Failed to enable subscription: Launch helper exited with 
unknown return code 1
[   37.068899] systemd-logind[4387]: Failed to fully start up daemon: Input/output error
[   47.726971] systemd-logind[4595]: Failed to enable subscription: Launch helper exited with 
unknown return code 1
[   47.727005] systemd-logind[4595]: Failed to fully start up daemon: Input/output error
[  123.679649] systemd-logind[4850]: Failed to enable subscription: Launch helper exited 
with unknown return code 1
[  123.679691] systemd-logind[4850]: Failed to fully start up daemon: Input/output error
[  130.322873] systemd-logind[4873]: Failed to enable subscription: Launch helper exited 
with unknown return code 1
[  130.322902] systemd-logind[4873]: Failed to fully start up daemon: Input/output error
 
Running a mostly up-to-date 64 bit Sid box.
Easy enough to get back to that root shell if there are any ideas of what to check there.
 

--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 4.0.0-1-amd64

Debian Release: Kali Linux 2.0
  500 unstable        ftp.us.debian.org 
  500 testing         ftp.us.debian.org 
  500 kali-current    security.kali.org 
  500 kali-current    http.kali.org 
  500 jessie          linux.dropbox.com 
    1 experimental    ftp.us.debian.org 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                                (Version) | Installed
================================================-+-
=========================
libacl1                            (>= 2.2.51-8) | 2.2.52-2
libaudit1                           (>= 1:2.2.1) | 1:2.4.4-4
libc6                                  (>= 2.17) | 
libcap2                                (>= 2.10) | 
libcryptsetup4                      (>= 2:1.4.3) | 
libdbus-1-3                           (>= 1.1.1) | 
libgcrypt11                           (>= 1.5.1) | 
libkmod2                                 (>= 5~) | 
liblzma5                (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614) | 
libpam0g                           (>= 0.99.7.1) | 
libselinux1                           (>= 2.1.9) | 
libsystemd-daemon0                    (= 204-14) | 
libsystemd-journal0                   (= 204-14) | 
libudev1                                (>= 189) | 
libwrap0                             (>= 7.6-4~) | 
libsystemd-login0                     (= 204-14) | 
util-linux                         (>= 2.19.1-2) | 
initscripts                      (>= 2.88dsf-17) | 
sysv-rc                                          | 
udev                                             | 
acl                                              | 
adduser                                          | 
libcap2-bin                                      | 


Recommends          (Version) | Installed
=============================-+-===========
libpam-systemd                | 226-4


Suggests        (Version) | Installed
=========================-+-===========
systemd-ui                | 3-4



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