Bug#830722: systemd: systemctl aborts with "No Such Method"

Peter Gossner gossner at internode.on.net
Sun Jul 10 19:39:36 BST 2016


Package: systemd
Version: 230-7
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,
Attempting to (re)understand systemd ...
~$ systemctl
Failed to list units: No such method 'ListUnitsFiltered'
 other options also fail
 e.g.
sudo systemctl try-restart exim4
Failed to try-restart exim4.service: No such method 'TryRestartUnit'
See system logs and 'systemctl status exim4.service' for details.

I also see logind errors and have been having dbus session issues which may all be related to a pam module.

At other times systemd has attempted to rename network interfaces, screw up diplay manager,  hang without console access , fail to start real consoles at all  deep fry kittens ...  

Fortunately this is a humble home desktop and not a production server.
At some point soon I will do a fresh install, Its proabably something to do with my bent view of networking or black roosters or something.

 



-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages systemd depends on:
ii  adduser         3.115
ii  libacl1         2.2.52-3
ii  libapparmor1    2.10.95-4
ii  libaudit1       1:2.6.3-1
ii  libblkid1       2.28-5
ii  libc6           2.23-1
ii  libcap2         1:2.25-1
ii  libcap2-bin     1:2.25-1
ii  libcryptsetup4  2:1.7.0-2
ii  libgcc1         1:6.1.1-9
ii  libgcrypt20     1.7.1-2
ii  libgpg-error0   1.23-1
ii  libidn11        1.32-3.1
ii  libkmod2        22-1.1
ii  liblzma5        5.1.1alpha+20120614-2.1
ii  libmount1       2.28-5
ii  libpam0g        1.1.8-3.3
ii  libseccomp2     2.3.1-2
ii  libselinux1     2.5-3
ii  libsystemd0     230-7
ii  mount           2.28-5
ii  util-linux      2.28-5

Versions of packages systemd recommends:
ii  dbus            1.10.8-1
ii  libpam-systemd  230-7

Versions of packages systemd suggests:
ii  policykit-1        0.105-15
ii  systemd-container  230-7
ii  systemd-ui         3-4

Versions of packages systemd is related to:
ii  udev  230-6

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/systemd/logind.conf changed:
[Login]
NAutoVTs=6
ReserveVT=6
KillUserProcesses=true
KillExcludeUsers=root
InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
HandlePowerKey=poweroff
IdleAction=ignore
RemoveIPC=yes


-- no debconf information
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[EXTENDED]   /lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service -> /lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service.d/resolvconf.conf
[EXTENDED]   /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service -> /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf
[EXTENDED]   /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service -> /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf

3 overridden configuration files found.
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==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/avahi-daemon.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/netfilter-persistent.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/netfilter-persistent.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cgmanager.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cgmanager.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ssh.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ssh.service
/etc/systemd/system/sshd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sysinit.target.wants/console-setup.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sysinit.target.wants/keyboard-setup.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sysinit.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ulogd2.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/ulogd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ulogd2.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/netscript.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/netscript.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/suspend.target.wants/anacron-resume.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation-early.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/default.target.wants/watchdog.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/epmd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/epmd.socket
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/epmd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/rpcbind.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/acpid.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sockets.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/networking.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/networking.service
/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/networking.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/rpcbind.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/rpcbind.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/syslog.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ebtables.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ebtables.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/acpid.path.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/paths.target.wants/acpid.path

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.bluez.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/sshd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/watchdog.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/default.target.wants/watchdog.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/accounts-daemon.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/accounts-daemon.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/saned.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/saned.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/anacron.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/anacron.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cgproxy.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cgproxy.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/irkerd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/irkerd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/acpid.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/acpid.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/apt-cacher-ng.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/apt-cacher-ng.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/avahi-daemon.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-daemon.service
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/avahi-daemon.socket
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/atd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/atd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/keyboard-setup.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/keyboard-setup.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/console-setup.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/console-setup.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/smartd.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/smartd.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/basic.target.wants/netscript.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/acpid.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/acpid.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lm-sensors.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/cron.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cron.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bind9-resolvconf.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/bind9.service.wants/bind9-resolvconf.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-lvmetad.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/lvm2-lvmetad.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/binfmt-support.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/binfmt-support.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/nftables.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nftables.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/rpcbind.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/rpcbind.socket
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rpcbind.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ModemManager.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ModemManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/timers.target.wants/apt-daily.timer <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/graphical.target.wants/accounts-daemon.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/anacron-resume.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/suspend.target.wants/anacron-resume.service
/etc/systemd/system/hibernate.target.wants/anacron-resume.service
/etc/systemd/system/hybrid-sleep.target.wants/anacron-resume.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lxc.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lxc.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/apt-daily.timer.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/apt-daily.timer

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/paths.target.wants/acpid.path <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/epmd.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/epmd.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bind9-pkcs11.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/bind9-pkcs11.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/hibernate.target.wants/anacron-resume.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ulogd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-activation-early.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation-early.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/network-online.target.wants/NetworkManager-wait-online.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/network-online.target.wants/networking.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/pppd-dns.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pppd-dns.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/atd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/console-setup.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/netfilter-persistent.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ModemManager.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/avahi-daemon.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/pppd-dns.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/rpcbind.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/cron.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ssh.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/lxc.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/bind9.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/lxc-net.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ebtables.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/binfmt-support.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/ulogd2.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/irkerd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/networking.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/smartd.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/anacron.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/apt-cacher-ng.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/multi-user.target.wants/lm-sensors.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/rsyslog.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service
/etc/systemd/system/syslog.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/ssh.socket.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/ssh.socket

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/hybrid-sleep.target.wants/anacron-resume.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bluetooth.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.bluez.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bluetooth.target.wants/bluetooth.service <==

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lvm2-activation.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/lvm2-activation.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager-wait-online.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/NetworkManager-wait-online.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/bind9.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/bind9.service

==> /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/lxc-net.service.dsh-also <==
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lxc-net.service
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0

UUID=3c59e9fe-c59d-4d10-a465-40f14d770baa /    ext4  errors=remount-ro 0 1

UUID=c10a5e94-591d-4f61-b949-927b0eace543 /home ext4 defaults  0  2

UUID=b8ed8494-42e2-43fd-9ddc-d67826bbcd29 /var  ext4  defaults 0  2

#/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/sr0        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/sr1        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

#/dev/sdc1: LABEL="peteshome" UUID="baf0d0a2-24d2-40c1-9058-bcc7487d7d65" TYPE="ext4" 
#UUID=baf0d0a2-24d2-40c1-9058-bcc7487d7d65 /home/pete ext4 defaults 0 0
LABEL=peteshome /home/pete ext4 defaults,errors=remount-ro  0   3
#/dev/sdb1: LABEL="MingusMingus" UUID="bfe7ffde-dbac-4eb6-95e4-65c4633b1a33" TYPE="ext4" 
UUID=bfe7ffde-dbac-4eb6-95e4-65c4633b1a33 /srv ext4 defaults 0 0

# swap was on /dev/sda4 during installation
# #/dev/sda4  none   swap sw  	   0  	   0
#UUID=07a19c52-97d0-4eae-8923-4f3af357f640 none            swap    sw              0       0
LABEL=systswap  none   swap sw 	   0  	   0


### NFS EXPORTs bind fs=0 style   #################################################
/srv/Multimedia  /exports/Multimedia none bind 0  0
/srv/ISO         /exports/ISO        none bind 0  0

### portable backups drive #################################################
# primary backups 
LABEL=JHfileBackups    /backupJill/JHfileBackups    ext4  noauto,users  0  0
# working spaces
LABEL=JH-Working-partA /backupJill/JH-Working-partA ext4  noauto,users  0  0
LABEL=JH-Working-partB /backupJill/JH-Working-partB ext4  noauto,users  0  0
# windows NTFS
LABEL=JillsWindowsPart /backupJill/JillsWindowsPart ntfs noauto,users  0  0






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