By default the various binfmt.d directories are indeed empty, that's normal and the 'condition failed' in systemctl status is entirely expected. So maybe what happens is that some other service repeatedly tries to run systemd-binfmt.service. Can you please give me the output of
systemctl show systemd-binfmt.service |grep By ? What might also help me is to run systemd-analyze dump > /tmp/dump.txt and attach /tmp/dump.txt here. Thanks! ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568094 Title: Many error message such as "Start request repeated too quickly." Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, when I look at journalctl's output, I see many error messages of the same type: Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-hwdb-update.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Rebuild Hardware Database. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Starting Show Plymouth Boot Screen... Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-hwdb-update.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Rebuild Hardware Database. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-hwdb-update.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Rebuild Hardware Database. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: plymouth-start.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Show Plymouth Boot Screen. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-ask-password-console.path: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: plymouth-start.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Show Plymouth Boot Screen. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-ask-password-console.path: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-hwdb-update.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Rebuild Hardware Database. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: systemd 229-4ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.5.0-040500-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Apr 8 20:41:02 2016 MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.5.0-040500-lowlatency root=UUID=347d095b-3b19-412b-841e-acfd162e2c53 ro quiet splash nomdmonddf nomdmonisw vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-31 (8 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/25/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.50 dmi.board.name: HM77-HT dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.50:bd03/25/2013:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnHM77-HT:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.timesyncd.conf: 2015-10-21T22:12:17.831478 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1568094/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp