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#1 2025-05-03 09:26:47
- IAmREGE
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[SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
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sudo pacman -Syu at UTC 2025-05-02 16:14. After reboot, I found my laptop stuck at “A start job is running for Create Static Device Nodes in /dev gracefully (50min 4s / no limit)”. I have tried restarting more times.
Linux version is 6.14.4.arch1-2 if my memory was correct. And systemd version is 257.5-2.
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#2 2025-05-03 09:37:16
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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
Does it work when you downgrade the "linux" package or boot from "linux-lts" instead?
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#3 2025-05-03 12:47:12
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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
Does it work when you downgrade the "linux" package or boot from "linux-lts" instead?
After waiting 3 hours, the “Create Static Device Nodes” finally passed. But now it comes with repeating
[FAILED] Failed to start Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files.
See 'systemctl status systemd-udevd.service' for details.
Starting Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files...
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#4 2025-05-04 05:19:06
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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
Does it work when you downgrade the "linux" package or boot from "linux-lts" instead?
I have downloaded linux-lts on another laptop. How do I install it in emergency mode?
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#5 2025-05-04 08:34:01
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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
Does it work when you downgrade the "linux" package or boot from "linux-lts" instead?
Have no luck after installing linux-lts and boot it. I suspect it is caused by systemd.
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#6 2025-05-04 08:53:05
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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
Downgrading systemd to 256.9 solved this problem. Need to investigate whether Linux 6.14 affects this.
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#7 2025-05-04 09:06:14
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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
Finally I reinstalled Linux 6.14.4 and ignored systemd, systemd-libs and systemd-sysvcompat on pacman upgrading. Hope systemd 258 could fix this.
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#8 2025-05-04 09:11:04
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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
So it is a bug only in systemd? Could you bisect it and report to upstream?
Also you could try systemd-git to see if it's already fixed in master
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#9 2025-05-04 13:34:53
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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at “Create Static Device Nodes” when starting
So it is a bug only in systemd? Could you bisect it and report to upstream?
Also you could try systemd-git to see if it's already fixed in master
I checked these (so far):
ASUS P81IJ + Linux 6.14.4-arch1-2 + systemd 256.9: Startup normally
ASUS P81IJ + Linux 6.12.26-1 + systemd 256.9: Startup normally
ASUS P81IJ + Linux 6.14.4-arch1-2 + systemd 257.5-2: Hangs
ThinkBook 14 G5+ IRH + Linux 6.14.4-arch1-2 + systemd 257.5-2: Startup normally
Seems like it is affected by two factors: Laptop series and systemd version.
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