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diederick76

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Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 157

[Solved] Failed to unescape parameter to write: \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0.DO

Hi all,

During boot, my laptop states that it failed to create Volatile Files and Directories. More people seem to have this issue, but mine seems to have different cause:

sudo systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
● systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service - Create Volatile Files and Directories
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since wo 2015-08-05 09:26:32 CEST; 2min 28s ago
     Docs: man:tmpfiles.d(5)
           man:systemd-tmpfiles(8)
  Process: 219 ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create --remove --boot --exclude-prefix=/dev (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 219 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

aug 05 09:26:31 bob systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories...
aug 05 09:26:32 bob systemd-tmpfiles[219]: Failed to unescape parameter to write: \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0.DOFF
aug 05 09:26:32 bob systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
aug 05 09:26:32 bob systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories.
aug 05 09:26:32 bob systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Unit entered failed state.
aug 05 09:26:32 bob systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Indeed:

sudo tune2fs -l /dev/sda3 | grep acl
Default mount options:    user_xattr acl

I cannot find a file that uses the parameter mentioned. Does someone know what's going on here, or point me in the right direction?

Thanks for any help.

Last edited by diederick76 (2015-08-05 13:19:07)

falconindy

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Registered: 2009-10-22

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Re: [Solved] Failed to unescape parameter to write: \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0.DO

systemd-tmpfiles pulls from /etc/tmpfiles.d, /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d, and /run/tmpfiles.d. One of the files in there must contain this parameter. The fix would be to specify the param as '\\_SB.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0.DOFF' (notice the extra leading backslash).

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diederick76

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Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 157

Re: [Solved] Failed to unescape parameter to write: \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0.DO

Thank you, you were right.

I wonder how it got there, though. I can't remember ever editing that file.