Public bug reported: When updating systemd on Jammy or when upgrading Focal to Jammy, it was noticed that when systemd restarts, it will crash lightdm. What is strange is that lightdm never restarts, new ttys don't start and systemctl stops working.
I would tell the system get in a degraded state with this particular crash: no easy way to restore the graphical interface, no way to start new ttys and systemctl don't work. When trying to restart lightdm using systemctl, I get the following: Failed to get properties: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) The upgrade process is still running in the background, but it's hard to return to the graphical interface. I believe this can be a dangerous situation, as the user would be compelled to reboot the system to get the graphical interface back, cancelling the upgrade in the middle of the process and very likely breaking the system. This happened on three different computers, with three different installs. I'm reporting from the computer where this happened first. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: systemd 249.10-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-22.22-generic 5.15.19 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu78 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Mar 3 23:42:03 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-13 (1724 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) MachineType: LENOVO 80UG ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.15.0-22-generic root=UUID=6b4ae5c0-c78c-49a6-a1ba-029192618a7a ro quiet kvm.ignore_msrs=1 kvm.report_ignored_msrs=0 kvm.halt_poll_ns=0 kvm.halt_poll_ns_grow=0 i915.enable_gvt=1 nbd.nbds_max=2 nbd.max_part=127 mtrr_gran_size=128M mtrr_chunk_size=256M log_buf_len=128M zswap.enabled=1 zswap.zpool=z3fold usbhid.quirks=0x0079:0x0006:0x100000 SourcePackage: systemd SystemdFailedUnits: Error: command ['systemctl', 'status', '--full', '●'] failed with exit code 4: Invalid unit name "●" escaped as "\xe2\x97\x8f" (maybe you should use systemd-escape?). Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service could not be found. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2019-12-22 (802 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2018 dmi.bios.release: 1.45 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 0XCN45WW dmi.board.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Toronto 4A2 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: SDK0J40679 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo ideapad 310-14ISK dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.45 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr0XCN45WW:bd08/09/2018:br1.45:efr1.45:svnLENOVO:pn80UG:pvrLenovoideapad310-14ISK:rvnLENOVO:rnToronto4A2:rvrSDK0J40679WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoideapad310-14ISK:skuLENOVO_MT_80UG_BU_idea_FM_Lenovoideapad310-14ISK: dmi.product.family: IDEAPAD dmi.product.name: 80UG dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_80UG_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo ideapad 310-14ISK dmi.product.version: Lenovo ideapad 310-14ISK dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.apport: [deleted] ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy third-party-packages -- 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/1963600 Title: On upgrade, systemctl and lightdm stop working, leaving the system in a degraded state Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When updating systemd on Jammy or when upgrading Focal to Jammy, it was noticed that when systemd restarts, it will crash lightdm. What is strange is that lightdm never restarts, new ttys don't start and systemctl stops working. I would tell the system get in a degraded state with this particular crash: no easy way to restore the graphical interface, no way to start new ttys and systemctl don't work. When trying to restart lightdm using systemctl, I get the following: Failed to get properties: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) The upgrade process is still running in the background, but it's hard to return to the graphical interface. I believe this can be a dangerous situation, as the user would be compelled to reboot the system to get the graphical interface back, cancelling the upgrade in the middle of the process and very likely breaking the system. This happened on three different computers, with three different installs. I'm reporting from the computer where this happened first. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: systemd 249.10-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-22.22-generic 5.15.19 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu78 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Mar 3 23:42:03 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-13 (1724 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) MachineType: LENOVO 80UG ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.15.0-22-generic root=UUID=6b4ae5c0-c78c-49a6-a1ba-029192618a7a ro quiet kvm.ignore_msrs=1 kvm.report_ignored_msrs=0 kvm.halt_poll_ns=0 kvm.halt_poll_ns_grow=0 i915.enable_gvt=1 nbd.nbds_max=2 nbd.max_part=127 mtrr_gran_size=128M mtrr_chunk_size=256M log_buf_len=128M zswap.enabled=1 zswap.zpool=z3fold usbhid.quirks=0x0079:0x0006:0x100000 SourcePackage: systemd SystemdFailedUnits: Error: command ['systemctl', 'status', '--full', '●'] failed with exit code 4: Invalid unit name "●" escaped as "\xe2\x97\x8f" (maybe you should use systemd-escape?). Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service could not be found. UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2019-12-22 (802 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2018 dmi.bios.release: 1.45 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 0XCN45WW dmi.board.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Toronto 4A2 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: SDK0J40679 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo ideapad 310-14ISK dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.45 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr0XCN45WW:bd08/09/2018:br1.45:efr1.45:svnLENOVO:pn80UG:pvrLenovoideapad310-14ISK:rvnLENOVO:rnToronto4A2:rvrSDK0J40679WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoideapad310-14ISK:skuLENOVO_MT_80UG_BU_idea_FM_Lenovoideapad310-14ISK: dmi.product.family: IDEAPAD dmi.product.name: 80UG dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_80UG_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo ideapad 310-14ISK dmi.product.version: Lenovo ideapad 310-14ISK dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.apport: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1963600/+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