[systemd-devel] systemd unexpectedly dropping into rescue mode - how do I best debug this?

Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek zbyszek at in.waw.pl
Thu Oct 4 04:21:11 PDT 2012


On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 11:12:08AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>  lyra:~> systemctl --failed
>  UNIT LOAD   ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION
> 
>  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.
>  JOB    = Pending job for the unit.
> 
>  0 units listed. Pass --all to see inactive units, too.
> 
> [ btw., a minor usability suggestion: the '0 units listed' line 
>   is the important one. It would be useful to either 
>   color-highlight it or to skip all the preceding info as it's 
>   totally unhelpful to answering the question that the user 
>   asked. ]
I think it's a good suggestion.  Now the header is not shown, and the
number is highlighted.

Zbyszek


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