[systemd-devel] Timeout Waiting for Device

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mo, 17.09.18 11:29, gw1500 (i_was_yah00ed at yahoo.com) wrote:

> I don't know the significance of this error when I start my network
> (CentOS 7) but it does not seem to effect anything I've noticed. Can
> someone tell me what this means, what it might effect and how to fix it?
> TIA.
> 
> Sep 16 09:34:38 dap002 systemd[1]: Job dev-disk-by\x2duuid-11d33833\x2d3e21\x2d4654\x2d8c0f\x2dab76a73f7de2.device/start timed out.
> Sep 16 09:34:38 dap002 systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device dev-disk-by\x2duuid-11d33833\x2d3e21\x2d4654\x2d8c0f\x2dab76a73f7de2.device.
> -- Subject: Unit dev-disk-by\x2duuid-11d33833\x2d3e21\x2d4654\x2d8c0f\x2dab76a73f7de2.device has failed
> -- Defined-By: systemd
> -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
> -- -- Unit
> dev-disk-by\x2duuid-11d33833\x2d3e21\x2d4654\x2d8c0f\x2dab76a73f7de2.device
> has failed.
> -- -- The result is timeout. Sep 16 09:34:38 dap002 systemd[1]:
> Dependency failed for
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/11d33833-3e21-4654-8c0f-ab76a73f7de2. -- Subject: Unit
> dev-disk-by\x2duuid-11d33833\x2d3e21\x2d4654\x2d8c0f\x2dab76a73f7de2.swap
> has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support:
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
> -- -- Unit
> dev-disk-by\x2duuid-11d33833\x2d3e21\x2d4654\x2d8c0f\x2dab76a73f7de2.swap
> has failed.
> -- -- The result is dependency. Sep 16 09:34:38 dap002 systemd[1]: Job
> dev-disk-by\x2duuid-11d33833\x2d3e21\x2d4654\x2d8c0f\x2dab76a73f7de2.swap/start
> failed with result 'dependency'. Sep 16 09:34:38 dap002 systemd[1]: Job
> dev-disk-by\x2duuid-11d33833\x2d3e21\x2d4654\x2d8c0f\x2dab76a73f7de2.device/start
> failed with result 'timeout'. Sep 16 09:34:56 dap002 sudo[32540]: dap :
> TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/dap/Downloads ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/service
> network status Sep 16 09:35:48 dap002 sudo[306]: dap : TTY=pts/0 ;
> PWD=/home/dap/Downloads ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash Sep 16 09:35:48
> dap002 dbus[704]: [system] Activating service
> name='org.freedesktop.problems' (using servicehelper) Sep 16 09:35:48
> dap002 dbus[704]: [system] Successfully activated service
> 'org.freedesktop.problems'

It appears you have a swap device configured (most likely in
/etc/fstab) that never shows up. Consider removing it from the
configuration or fixing it.

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat