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yourself

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Registered: 2008-10-23

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[SOLVED] Systemd version 225 installed, "starting version 224" showing

Hello!

I've recently noticed something very peculiar. My laptop has all the latest updates and, of course, systemd-225. The weird thing is that when it boots up, it shows "starting version 224".

All systemd utils on my system report version 225 (i.e. systemctl --version)

Is this something that should make me worry? Does anyone have any idea on what's going on? Where should I look?

This does not happen on my desktop -- it shows "starting version 225"...

Thanks

Last edited by yourself (2015-09-11 06:22:16)

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd version 225 installed, "starting version 224" showing

Your initramfs still has the old version in it.  It is cosmetic and not really an issue.  If you want it to use and show the most recent version then regenerate your initial ram file-system, for the standard kernel:

sudo mkinitcpio -p linux

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd version 225 installed, "starting version 224" showing

What you're seeing is udev loading in the initramfs. If you didn't update your initramfs after the systemd update, it's still running the old version. I've only heard of it being an issue once.

yourself

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Registered: 2008-10-23

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd version 225 installed, "starting version 224" showing

Thanks guys, that was it!!

headkase

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd version 225 installed, "starting version 224" showing

Right on, you're welcome.

FlowIt

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd version 225 installed, "starting version 224" showing

Your initramfs still has the old version in it.  It is cosmetic and not really an issue.

If you didn't update your initramfs after the systemd update, it's still running the old version.

So is it just old output or is it really the old version? In the case of critical security updates it can become an issue quite fast.

headkase

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd version 225 installed, "starting version 224" showing

It is the old version.  The initial ram disk contains the basic programs to get the system started all bundled into one file on the hard-drive.  When the computer is first switched on it doesn't know how to do very much, basically just enough to load the bootloader which then has to "bootstrap" the system - it has to contain all the necessary functionality to load the full system.  Loading one file is simpler than dealing with an entire file system so that is the purpose of the initramfs, it is a single file that contains the software needed to fully load the system.  All that basic software is compiled into the one file.  So, it is not an old "message/output," but rather it actually is the old version.