Bug#922647: systemd --user no longer running

[Eduard Bloch]

Hallo,
* Felipe Sateler [Wed, Feb 20 2019, 02:46:32PM]:

>      Yeah, so I tried also real username instead of "user" here, etc. still
>      getting "invalid argument" message. Which IMHO makes sense since, as
>      said, the systemd user instance was not started.
> 
>    Use journalctl --unit user at 500.service. you may need root.
>    Also, journalctl -b -p0..3 might give relevant error messages

Thanks, see below. -p0..3 show "No entries" or nothing particularly
interesting (some wrong .service file syntax from Christmas time).

It seems to be not user specific, another user has the same problem - no
running "systemd --user" after login.

Most recent:

Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie at-spi-bus-launcher[2625]: XIO:  fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie at-spi-bus-launcher[2625]:       after 3713 requests (3713 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: run-rpc_pipefs.mount: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 500...
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopping Virtual filesystem service...
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopping Accessibility services bus...
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopping D-Bus User Message Bus...
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopping Sound Service...
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped target Default.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: gvfs-daemon.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=15/TERM
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: run-user-500-gvfs.mount: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: dbus.service: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped D-Bus User Message Bus.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: at-spi-dbus-bus.service: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped Accessibility services bus.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: gvfs-daemon.service: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:51 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped Virtual filesystem service.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: pulseaudio.service: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped Sound Service.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped target Basic System.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped target Paths.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped target Timers.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Stopped target Sockets.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: gpg-agent.socket: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: dirmngr.socket: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Closed GnuPG network certificate management daemon.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: gpg-agent-ssh.socket: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent (ssh-agent emulation).
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: gpg-agent-extra.socket: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (restricted).
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: dbus.socket: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Closed D-Bus User Message Bus Socket.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: gpg-agent-browser.socket: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Closed GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache (access for web browsers).
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: pulseaudio.socket: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Closed Sound System.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Reached target Shutdown.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: systemd-exit.service: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Started Exit the Session.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2391]: Reached target Exit the Session.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[2398]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session closed for user ... (anonymized)
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[1]: user at 500.service: Succeeded.
Feb 08 20:38:52 zombie systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 500.

-p3:

-- Reboot --
Dez 25 14:12:36 zombie systemd[7020]: /usr/lib/systemd/user/systemd-exit.service:16: Failed to parse failure action specifier, ignoring: exit-force
Dez 25 14:12:36 zombie systemd[7020]: systemd-exit.service: Service lacks both ExecStart= and ExecStop= setting. Refusing.
Dez 25 14:12:36 zombie systemd[7020]: Failed to enqueue exit.target job: Unit systemd-exit.service has a bad unit file setting.

Best regards,
Eduard.