On Wed, 2015-09-30 at 15:20 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > Am 26.09.2015 um 18:08 schrieb James Bottomley: > > Package: systemd > > Version: 226-3 > > Severity: normal > > > > rebooting the current system often causes listed init system failures. > > in addition to failing to start spamd (listed under separate bug). > > Systemd thinks units have failed when, in fact, they're running. The > > most common units for this are apache2 and mysql. > > > > This is the state of a recent reboot, where apache2 is listed as failed > > > > bedivere:~# systemctl --failed > > UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION > > ● apache2.service loaded failed failed LSB: Apache2 web server > > > > 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. > > > > 1 loaded units listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive units, too. > > To show all installed unit files use 'systemctl list-unit-files'. > > > > Whereas ps shows it to be running > > What's the output of > systemctl status apache2.service ?
OK, so the machine only has a maintenance window on saturday. I rebooted and asked this and this is the result: bedivere:~# systemctl status -l apache2.service ● apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2015-10-03 10:45:42 PDT; 1min 53s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 693 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/apache2 start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service ├─1407 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ├─1410 PassengerAgent watchdog ├─1417 PassengerAgent server ├─1422 PassengerAgent logger ├─1699 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ├─1701 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ├─1702 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ├─1704 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start └─1706 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start Oct 03 10:44:38 bedivere systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Apache2 web server... Oct 03 10:45:06 bedivere apache2[693]: Starting web server: apache2AH00180: WARNING: MaxRequestWorkers of 20 exceeds ServerLimit value of Oct 03 10:45:06 bedivere apache2[693]: 5 servers, decreasing MaxRequestWorkers to 5. Oct 03 10:45:06 bedivere apache2[693]: To increase, please see the ServerLimit directive. Oct 03 10:45:42 bedivere apache2[693]: failed! Oct 03 10:45:42 bedivere apache2[693]: The apache2 instance did not start within 20 seconds. Please read the log files to discover problems ... (warning). Oct 03 10:45:42 bedivere systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1 Oct 03 10:45:42 bedivere systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Apache2 web server. Oct 03 10:45:42 bedivere systemd[1]: apache2.service: Unit entered failed state. Oct 03 10:45:42 bedivere systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. James