[systemd-devel] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out

[Debraj Manna]

Around the same time I am seeing the below error in syslog

May 18 08:49:24 platform3 systemd[1]: Removed slice User Slice of support.
May 18 08:49:27 platform3 systemd[1]: Assertion 's->type ==
SERVICE_ONESHOT' failed at ../src/core/service.c:1792, function
service_enter_start(). Aborting.
May 18 08:49:27 platform3 systemd[1]: Caught <ABRT>, dumped core as pid 15839.
May 18 08:49:27 platform3 systemd[1]: Freezing execution.

busctl output looks like below

ubuntu at platform3:~/logs$ busctl
NAME                               PID PROCESS         USER
 CONNECTION    UNIT                      SESSION    DESCRIPTION
:1.1                               976 systemd-logind  root
 :1.1          systemd-logind.service    -          -
:1.3                               971 accounts-daemon root
 :1.3          accounts-daemon.service   -          -
:1.5434                          49174 systemctl       root
 :1.5434       cron.service              -          -
:1.5435                          49223 systemctl       root
 :1.5435       ssh.service               -          -
:1.5436                          49408 busctl          ubuntu
 :1.5436       ssh.service               -          -
:1.7                              1109 unattended-upgr root
 :1.7          unattended-upgrades.se... -          -
com.ubuntu.LanguageSelector          - -               -
 (activatable) -                         -
org.debian.AptXapianIndex            - -               -
 (activatable) -                         -
org.freedesktop.Accounts           971 accounts-daemon root
 :1.3          accounts-daemon.service   -          -
org.freedesktop.DBus               936 dbus-daemon     messagebus
 org.freedesktop.DBus dbus.service              -          -
org.freedesktop.hostname1            - -               -
 (activatable) -                         -
org.freedesktop.locale1              - -               -
 (activatable) -                         -
org.freedesktop.login1             976 systemd-logind  root
 :1.1          systemd-logind.service    -          -
org.freedesktop.network1             - -               -
 (activatable) -                         -
org.freedesktop.resolve1             - -               -
 (activatable) -                         -
org.freedesktop.systemd1             - -               -
 (activatable) -                         -
org.freedesktop.thermald             - -               -
 (activatable) -                         -
org.freedesktop.timedate1            - -               -
 (activatable)

The issue comes once in a while. The only way I can recover the setup
is to reboot.

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:17 PM Debraj Manna <subharaj.manna at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am using systemd 229 on Ubuntu 16.04.6.
>
> ubuntu at platform1:~$ systemctl --version
> systemd 229
> +PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP
> +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ -LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS
> +KMOD -IDN
>
> But sometimes when I am trying to mask a service.  I am seeing an
> error like below.
>
> systemctl mask hadoop-hdfs-zkfc.service
> Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
>
> Can someone suggest what is going wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Debraj