Arch systemctl enable errors

mibadt · 2012-11-01 09:12:19

Hi,
I'm on a fully updated Arch_x86-64/KDE initially installed without systemd.
I've have several problems which I suspect to be related to a partial transfer to systemd.

1. During the last full system update, I've got the following error:

(gconftool-2:2709): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:

2. What's more, suddenly Arch won't auto-mount anymore and external HD which it did flawlessly before.

3. Although enabled (see below) , systemd journal doesn't seem to work.

4. I lost (power) susprend and hibernate options from KDE's menu

5. When trying to enable several daemons (per systemd's wiki recommendations), i get the following error:

systemctl enable syslog-ng
Operation failed: Invalid argument
[root@Miki_Arch etc]# systemctl enable dbus
Operation failed: Invalid argument
[root@Miki_Arch etc]# systemctl enable cupsd
Operation failed: Invalid argument

I have prepared the new configurations files and enabled the journal- see terminal output:

# ls /etc
ConsoleKit cron.daily ggz.modules iproute2 lvm nsswitch.conf printcap rsyncd.conf sudoers.d
ODBCDataSources cron.deny gimp iptables machine-id ntp.conf profile sane.d sysctl.conf
UPower cron.hourly group irman.conf mail.rc odbc.ini profile.d securetty sysctl.d
X11 cron.monthly group- issue makepkg.conf odbcinst.ini protocols security syslog-ng
adjtime cron.weekly group.bak java-7-openjdk man_db.conf openal protocols.pacnew sensors3.conf systemd
adobe crypttab group.pacnew kde mdadm.conf openldap pulse services tmpfiles.d
anacrontab cups grub.d krb5.conf mime.types os-release rc.conf services.pacnew trusted-key.key
arch-release cupshelpers gshadow ksysguarddrc mke2fs.conf pacman.conf rc.conf.pacnew shadow udev
asound.conf dbus-1 gshadow- ld.so.cache mkinitcpio.conf pacman.d rc.d shadow- updatedb.conf
at-spi2 default gshadow.bak ld.so.conf mkinitcpio.d pam.d rc.local shadow.bak vconsole.conf
avahi depmod.d gshadow.pacnew ld.so.conf.d modprobe.d pango rc.local.shutdown shadow.pacnew vdpau_wrapper.cfg
bash.bash_logout dhcpcd.conf gssapi_mech.conf libao.conf modules-load.d partimaged rc.multi shells wgetrc
bash.bashrc drirc gtk-2.0 libnl mono passwd rc.shutdown skel wpa_supplicant
binfmt.d environment gtk-3.0 libreoffice motd passwd- rc.single slp.conf xdg
ca-certificates fonts healthd.conf lirc mplayer passwd.bak rc.sysinit slp.reg xinetd.d
ca-certificates.conf fstab host.conf locale.conf mtab passwd.pacnew rc_keymaps slp.spi xml
chromium fstab.orig hostname locale.gen mtools.conf pcmcia rc_maps.cfg slsh.rc
clive fuse.conf hosts localtime mysql pkcs11 request-key.conf speech-dispatcher
colord.conf gai.conf hotplug login.defs nanorc pm request-key.d ssh
conf.d gconf inittab logrotate.conf netconfig polkit-1 resolv.conf ssl
cron.d gemrc inputrc logrotate.d nscd.conf ppp rpc sudoers
[root@Miki_Arch etc]# ls /etc/systemd
journald.conf logind.conf ntp-units.d system system.conf user user.conf
[root@Miki_Arch etc]# cat /etc/systemd/journald.conf
# This file is part of systemd.
#
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# See journald.conf(5) for details
[Journal]
Storage=auto
#.. rest of lines commented

my rc.conf looks as follws:

# cat /etc/rc.conf
#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#
# See 'man 5 rc.conf' for more details
#
# LOCALIZATION
# ------------
#HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
#TIMEZONE="Asia/Jerusalem"
#KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
#LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="yes"
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# --------
#MODULES=(microcode)
USEDMRAID="no"
USEBTRFS="no"
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# ----------
#HOSTNAME=Miki_Arch
interface=eth1
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"
# DAEMONS
# -------
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus network lp cupsd hwclock ntpd crond)

Please advise.
Thanks

LyCC · 2012-11-01 09:22:39

Hi,

systemctl enable syslog-ng
Operation failed: Invalid argument
[root@Miki_Arch etc]# systemctl enable dbus
Operation failed: Invalid argument
[root@Miki_Arch etc]# systemctl enable cupsd
Operation failed: Invalid argument

it's not dbus, its dbus.service, here is the list of daemons:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Daemons_List

Enjoy.

mibadt · 2012-11-01 10:02:54

Thanks,
although my problems still not solved-see below.
Anybody else?

Thanks

# systemctl enable dbus.service
The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.
[root@Miki_Arch miki]# cat /etc/rc.conf^C
[root@Miki_Arch miki]# systemctl enable syslog-ng.service
ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service' '/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service'
ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service' '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/syslog-ng.service'
[root@Miki_Arch miki]# systemctl enable cupsd.service
Operation failed: No such file or directory
[root@Miki_Arch miki]# systemctl enable cups.service
ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.service' '/etc/systemd/system/printer.target.wants/cups.service'
ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.socket' '/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/cups.socket'
ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.path' '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cups.path'

adee · 2012-11-01 10:29:42

You shouldn't touch dbus.service. It's automatically taken care by systemd.

LyCC · 2012-11-02 16:56:58

If you hit systemctl without any param (just as you posted in your first post), then scroll down (press down key) you should see something like this:

dbus.service                                                 loaded active running       D-Bus System Message Bus

Make sure you scrolled all the way down in the list, it looks like you only got till the letter "c".

Last edited by LyCC (2012-11-03 08:25:13)

Inxsible · 2012-11-02 18:56:48

mibadt, please use [ code ] tags as opposed to [ quote ] tags in your first post.

rvc · 2012-11-08 03:41:49

being a newbie for Arch... i too wished i ll migrate to systemd...
after following the wiki HOWTO and the relative posts on the forum, i get the following errors...

[root@arch rvc]# timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata
Failed to issue method call: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

i wish a step by step how to for migrating to systemd whould be helpful. now i cant set the time zone ! (earlier i could atleast manually set the time but not now !)

thanks in advance...

WonderWoofy · 2012-11-08 03:46:41

rvc, have you read the wiki page on systemd?

rvc · 2012-11-08 04:44:39

WonderWoofy wrote:

rvc, have you read the wiki page on systemd?

yes.. i did and within my limitations i did follow.
still i am not sure if arch is booting with systemd or otherwise...

WonderWoofy · 2012-11-08 04:53:10

cat /proc/1/comm

rvc · 2012-11-08 07:33:02

WonderWoofy wrote:

cat /proc/1/comm

this returned with init.
just a doubt.
i was asked to add the line init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd to the kernel parameters.

i added this line in the syslinux.cfg (i use syslinux) so the arch part looks like this

LABEL arch
MENU LABEL Arch Linux
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda5 ro
INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img
init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd

is the way correct ?

Lone_Wolf · 2012-11-08 15:26:20

probably not, try putting it on the APPEND line so it will look like this :

APPEND roo=/dev/sda5 ro init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd

WonderWoofy · 2012-11-08 15:39:38

The command I had you run (cat /proc/1/comm) is simply dumping the name of pid 1 into your stdout. So when it retunrs init, it means you are definitely not running systemd. The Lone_Wolf is right. You need to append that init= line to the APPEND line in syslinux.cfg. You could also simply install systemd-sysvcompat, and then /bin/init will be a symlink to /usr/lib/systemd/systemd, and then you won't have to worry about any kernel parameters.

rvc · 2012-11-08 17:23:22

Lone_Wolf wrote:

probably not, try putting it on the APPEND line so it will look like this :
APPEND roo=/dev/sda5 ro init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd

thanks champ... i got it running with systemd !

rvc · 2012-11-08 17:27:35

WonderWoofy wrote:

The command I had you run (cat /proc/1/comm) is simply dumping the name of pid 1 into your stdout. So when it retunrs init, it means you are definitely not running systemd. The Lone_Wolf is right. You need to append that init= line to the APPEND line in syslinux.cfg. You could also simply install systemd-sysvcompat, and then /bin/init will be a symlink to /usr/lib/systemd/systemd, and then you won't have to worry about any kernel parameters.

got it champ... Arch rocks...
just removed the initscripts... i ll be going for a reboot to check if things are fine ! just another question...
i had the net-profiles start up on boot (work and home profiles) i entered the command systemctl enable netcfg@PROFILENAME.service but somehow it didnt start up... any clue ?

rvc · 2012-11-08 17:44:14

i had edited the syslinux.cfg with the init= and i also installed systemd-sysvcompat.
do i have to remove one of them ?
i can remove the init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd OR systemd-sysvcompat... which one is preferred ?

WorMzy · 2012-11-08 18:03:11

systemd-sysvcompat eliminates the need for init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd, but you don't need to remove it. You can if you want though.

rvc · 2012-11-12 18:00:42

WorMzy wrote:

systemd-sysvcompat eliminates the need for init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd, but you don't need to remove it. You can if you want though.

thank you champ... and sorry for my late reply...
i ve removed the init=..... but just out of curiosity, how will it be if i removed systemd-sysvcompat and added the lines in the syslinux.cfg ? any other dep problems might arise are they both mean to do the same job ?

teateawhy · 2012-11-12 18:31:36

rvc wrote:

just out of curiosity, how will it be if i removed systemd-sysvcompat and added the lines in the syslinux.cfg ? any other dep problems might arise are they both mean to do the same job ?

Do not remove it, if you did install it again. The reason behind it is it provides more files than only the init symlink. Never remove packages from the base group if you are not absolutely sure what you are doing. You can see the package is part of the base group with "pacman -Qi" and you can see what it provides with "pacman -Ql package" .
Also check "pacman -Qg base" , so you will not ask if you can remove one of those packages in the future...

pacman -Ql systemd-sysvcompat
systemd-sysvcompat /sbin/
systemd-sysvcompat /sbin/halt
systemd-sysvcompat /sbin/init
systemd-sysvcompat /sbin/poweroff
systemd-sysvcompat /sbin/reboot
systemd-sysvcompat /sbin/runlevel
systemd-sysvcompat /sbin/shutdown
systemd-sysvcompat /sbin/telinit

Last edited by teateawhy (2012-11-12 18:32:59)

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