[systemd-devel] Can't enable or start a new service

[Sérgio Basto]

Hello,

On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 00:43 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote: 
> On Mon, 20.06.11 23:15, Sérgio Basto (sergio at serjux.com) wrote:
> 
> > Hi, 
> > On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 15:45 -0400, Dave Sill wrote:
> > > > > Which results in:
> > > > > 
> > > > >   Failed to issue method call: Unit svscan.service failed to load:
> > > No
> > > > >   such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status'
> > > for
> > > > >   details.
> > > > 
> > > > I have now modified this message to show the full systemctl status
> > > > command line.
> > > 
> > > Thanks. I guessed that it wanted a unit. Unfortunately, the status
> > > message didn't really help. 
> > 
> > I agree with  "Unfortunately, the status message didn't really help."
> > 
> > Since we are talking about debug, I usually upgrade my fedora every
> > release and can have system with more tow on Fedora 15 I got this
> > systemd 
> > 
> > systemctl --all --full | grep -v loaded 
> > distcache.service         error  inactive dead          distcache.service
> > hal.service               error  inactive dead          hal.service
> > sysinit.service           error  inactive dead          sysinit.service
> > tgtd.service              error  inactive dead          tgtd.service
> > xend.service              error  inactive dead          xend.service
> > abrtd.target              error  inactive dead          abrtd.target
> > autofs.target             error  inactive dead          autofs.target
> > cgconfig.target           error  inactive dead          cgconfig.target
> > localfs.target            error  inactive dead          localfs.target
> > remotefs.target           error  inactive dead          remotefs.target
> > ypbind.target             error  inactive dead          ypbind.target
> > 
> > for example :
> > systemctl start distcache.service
> > Failed to issue method call: Unit distcache.service failed to load: No
> > such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for
> > details.
> > 
> > "No such file or directory" what file ? 
> > how I debug this ? 
> 
> These units are referenced by other units (for example, because they
> want to be ordered after or before them if both are installed), however
> do not exist locally. That's why we cannot load them. To make this is
> less confusing and surprising we do not show these units
> normally. However you disabled that hiding explicitly with "--all", and
> hence see these units too.

I'm interested in understand whats going on , so my question still, how
I debug it ?
Continue with my example: 
Failed to issue method call: Unit distcache.service failed to load: no
such file bla bla , if was installed locally where should be ? 

other example :
systemctl restart dnsmasq.service
Job failed. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for details.

what failed how I debug it ? 

> Lennart
> 


Best regards,
-- 
Sérgio M. B.