Arch Linux

cloverskull

Member

Registered: 2018-09-30

Posts: 207

systemd-oomd.socket failing to load properly at boot

Hey friends! Thanks for reading, appreciate any help here.

I notice when I boot that systemd-oomd.socket is failing to load. This hasn't always been the case, however I don't know when this might have started to happen as I don't check for failed systemd startup units every time I boot (maybe I should).

$ sudo systemctl --failed
  UNIT                LOAD   ACTIVE SUB    DESCRIPTION                                
● systemd-oomd.socket loaded failed failed Userspace Out-Of-Memory (OOM) Killer Socket

LOAD   = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
1 loaded units listed.

However a simple restart of of systemd-oomd fixes this. What steps do folks recommend here to troubleshoot?

For the record I haven't done any specific configuration of the service or anything, just enabled and forgotten it long ago.

Thanks.