This is not a bug in upstart itself, upstart is behaving by design. If these initctl calls are blocking the boot but should not, then the jobs should be changed to call with the --no-wait argument as you found. If the initctl calls need to block the boot but are failing to return, the bug is in whatever is failing to run to completion.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1480785 Title: ofono does not start after upgrade (initclt stalls when sending an event) Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in upstart package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Some times, on first boot after either using ubuntu-device-flash or upgrading the phone via OTA, some processes do not start because initctl seems to stall and does not send events that trigger the launch of those processes. For instance, I see in my arale: $ ps -ef | grep initclt root 742 563 1 08:25 ? 00:00:00 initctl emit android root 1826 746 0 08:25 ? 00:00:00 initctl emit rild-ready OFONO_RIL_DEVICE=mtk OFONO_RIL_NUM_SIM_SLOTS=1 and "ofonod" is not started because "rild-ready" is not emitted. A second boot solves the issue and I do not see any initctl process still executing after some seconds. This bug can certainly scare people when they see that they do not have telephony just after an OTA. I have reproduced in $ system-image-cli -i current build number: 80 device name: arale channel: ubuntu-touch/devel-proposed/meizu.en last update: 2015-08-03 08:24:54 version version: 80 version ubuntu: 20150802 version device: 20150709-8965e37 version custom: 20150716-819-8-42 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1480785/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
