Bug 14378

Summary: booting message: A start job is running for Login Service
Product: Mageia Reporter: Stefan Horn <stefan>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED OLD QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal CC: fri, mageia
Version: 4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Description Stefan Horn 2014-10-26 20:50:36 CET
For a few days sometimes the booting stops with the following message on the top of the screen:

[   *] (3 of 3) A start job is running for Login Service

After this I have to do a reboot. I cannot read the log file with journalctl -ab, because of the reboot the log is deleted.

I cannot write how to reproduce the problem because it doesn't happen during every booting.

It could be related to the Gnome display manager (GDM). I have tested other display manager (LightDM and SliM). With these the booting runs well without a break.

Regards, Stefan


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Comment 1 Morgan Leijström 2014-11-07 08:49:53 CET
A sometimes but not always occuring "A start job is running for" reminds me of Bug 14452.  Maybe here is a similar reason.  

I also had a strange "A start job is running for" about disk or filesystem on mga4 (i do not remember wording exactly) that vanished when i changed hard disk.

CC:ing Colin

CC: (none) => fri, mageia

Comment 2 Samuel Verschelde 2015-09-21 13:19:15 CEST
Mageia 4 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2015-09-19. It is is no longer 
maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug 
fix updates.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to 
fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later 
Mageia version.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we weren't 
able to fix it before Mageia 4's end of life. If you are able to reproduce it 
against a later version of Mageia, you are encouraged to click on "Version" and 
change it against that version of Mageia. If it's valid in several versions, 
select the highest and add MGAxTOO in whiteboard for each other valid release.
Example: it's valid in cauldron and Mageia 5, set to cauldron and add MGA5TOO.

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Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2015-10-27 06:56:41 CET
As announced over a month ago, Mageia 4 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2015-09-19. It is is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates.

This issue may have been fixed in a later Mageia release, so, if you still see it and didn't already do so: please upgrade to Mageia 5 (or, if you read this much later than this is written: make sure you run a currently maintained Mageia version)

If you are able to reproduce it against a maintained version of Mageia, you are encouraged to 
1. reopen this bug report, by changing the "Status" from "RESOLVED - OLD" to "REOPENED"
2. click on "Version" and change it against that version of Mageia. If you know it's valid in several versions, select the highest and add MGAxTOO in whiteboard for each other valid release.
Example: it's valid in cauldron and Mageia 5, set to cauldron and add MGA5TOO.
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If you see a similar issue, but are _not_sure_ it is the same, with the same cause, then please file a new bug report and mention this one in it (please include the bug number, too). 


If you would like to help fixing bugs in the future, don't hesitate to join the
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Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD