[OE-core] systemd boot hang

[Joel A Fernandes]

Just posted this on the systemd mailing list.

It seems that I didn't go through enough testing on the
systemd-gnome-image built by OE. The success I reported with boot SD
card instead of over NFS was just a got-lucky case. So SD Card and NFS
alike, the boot still hangs.

Koen and others, could you try my image?
http://www.beagleboard.org/~joelf/images/Angstrom-systemd-GNOME-image-eglibc-ipk-v2011.08-core-beagleboard.rootfs.tar.bz2

This is built from meta-angstrom master HEAD
(7c54f644aaf7a5cade2b405bd4a2a7316d3a9dfb).
"bitbake systemd-gnome-image".

Also, Is there a simple way to switch to sysvinit so that I can
atleast be able to boot an oe-core built image and use it as a
baseline? I tried setting IMAGE_INIT_MANAGER = "sysvinit" and removing
all systemd dependent packages, but the image failed to build at the
opkg install sysvinit stage saying that certain directories such as
"/var/cache" already exist.

Note: every once in a while with 3.0.1 that's in this image, I get the
power management lookup table kernel-panic. But I can live that for
now.

Thanks,
Joel

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Joel A Fernandes <agnel.joel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm using kernel 3.0.1 and systemd, the boot process hangs. I am
> booting from an SD Card using the BeagleBoard.
>
> I am passing "systemd.log_target=kmsg systemd.log_level=debug" in my
> boot arguments but I don't see any debug messages.
>
> Could anyone help me out? Thanks
>
> Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
> Starting udev Kernel Device Manager...
> Started Load Kernel Modules.
> Started Set Up Additional Binary Formats.
> [    4.701141] udevd[52]: starting version 173
> Started Apply Kernel Variables.
> Starting Syslog Kernel Log Buffer Bridge...
> Started Syslog Kernel Log Buffer Bridge.
> Starting /var/volatile...
> Starting /tmp...
> Starting Setup Virtual Console...
> Started Opkg first boot configure.
> Starting Remount API VFS...
> Starting File System Check on Root Device...
> Starting Lock Directory...
> Starting Media Directory...
> Started Runtime Directory.
> Started udev Kernel Device Manager.
> Started /var/volatile.
> [    4.932647] systemd-fsck[61]: Root directory is writable, skipping check.
> Started /tmp.
> Started File System Check on Root Device.
> Started Lock Directory.
> Started Remount API VFS.
> Started Media Directory.
> Starting Remount Root FS...
> Starting /var/tmp...
> Started /var/tmp.
> Starting Stdio Syslog Bridge...
> [    5.081146] systemd-vconsole-setup[57]: /usr/bin/loadkeys failed
> with error code 1.
> Started Stdio Syslog Bridge.
> [    5.135314] systemd-vconsole-setup[57]: cannot open file us
> Started udev Coldplug all Devices.
> Started Setup Virtual Console.
> Started Remount Root FS.
> Starting Load Random Seed...
> Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
> Started Load Random Seed.
> Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
> Starting Console System Startup Logging...
> Starting ntpd.service...
> Starting xinetd.service...
> Started SSH Key Generation.
> Starting D-Bus System Message Bus...
> Starting Login Service...
> Starting Permit User Sessions...
> Started Permit User Sessions.
> Starting ntpd: Started Console System Startup Logging.
> Started D-Bus System Message Bus.
> Starting internet superserver: xinetd.
> [    5.773284] ntpd[137]: ntpd 4.2.6p3 at 1.2290 Fri Jul 29 17:35:18 UTC 2011 (2)
> done
> [    5.809906] ntpd[154]: proto: precision = 30.517 usec
> [    5.829437] ntpd[154]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123
> [    5.849182] xinetd[156]: 156 {init_services} no services. Exiting...
> [    5.864044] ntpd[154]: Listen and drop on 1 v6wildcard :: UDP 123
> [    5.882141] ntpd[154]: Listen normally on 2 lo 127.0.0.1 UDP 123
> [    5.906188] ntpd[154]: Listen normally on 3 lo ::1 UDP 123
> [    5.935424] ntpd[154]: peers refreshed
> [    5.939361] ntpd[154]: Deferring DNS for pool.ntp.org 1
> [    6.385498] twl_rtc twl_rtc: rtc core: registered twl_rtc as rtc0
> [    7.948211] ntpd_intres[162]: host name not found: pool.ntp.org
>