[solved] udev => systemd-tools: system no longer boots completely

WorMzy · 2012-06-01 20:56:39

Hi guys. Today I updated my system, and now it won't boot past the boot messages. It appears that my ttys aren't being "made" (?). The actual errors appear to be

[ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device dev-tty2.device

[ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device dev-tty3.device

Booting into rescue.target doesn't complete either.

Downgrading systemd-184-2 => systemd-44-7, and replacing systemd-tools with udev allows me to boot successfully again.

Additional info:
cpu: Intel Core i5-3570K
kernel: linux-3.3.7-1-x86_64
graphics card: GeForce GTX 560 Ti
graphics driver: xf86-video-nouveau 0.0.16_git20120512-1 (relevant, maybe? 0.0.16_git20120512-2 makes X give up with a "No screens found" error
system init: systemd (via systemd-sysvcompat)

Advice please.

EDIT: boot screen images

EDIT EDIT: I can connect via SSH to the affected machine. Here's the journal: http://codepad.org/76aB2DnD

EDIT EDIT EDIT: That apparently got snipped. Here's part 2, starting from line 806: http://codepad.org/5UGdsuwE

Last edited by WorMzy (2012-06-02 00:15:21)

tomegun · 2012-06-01 23:29:06

Make sure all your packages are up to date. Remove tty*.device from all your service files in /etc.

WorMzy · 2012-06-02 00:14:56

Huh. I guess the problem was a couple of stale and crusty {,f}getty .service files, and an obsolete slim.service file I created a while back.

Removing them fixed my problem, although tty1 still shows boot messages (not a problem, and may not even be "new" behaviour)

Cheers Tomegun.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-06-01 20:56:39

[solved] udev => systemd-tools: system no longer boots completely

#2 2012-06-01 23:29:06

Re: [solved] udev => systemd-tools: system no longer boots completely

#3 2012-06-02 00:14:56

Re: [solved] udev => systemd-tools: system no longer boots completely

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