[OE-core] systemd boot hang

Tue Aug 9 19:42:35 UTC 2011

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Joel A Fernandes <agnel.joel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just posted this on the systemd mailing list.

Are these the right lists on this thread?  Just not sure if some folks
on the CC might consider this too off-topic.

>
> 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

Can you provide an SD card image as well?  Running mkcard.txt or
linaro-create-image is often error prone and time consuming.

>
> 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

How long did you wait here for a timeout of some kind?  What happens
here different when it works?  Did you try SysRq?  What is the state
of the board and native console?

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