I managed to reproduce the issue without snapd being involved at all. Marking as invalid for snapd, bumping priority to "high". Among other things, this blocks autopkgtests for snapd on trusty.
** Changed in: snapd Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1660573 Title: "system is booting up" while trying to log in after installing snapd on ubuntu 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1660573/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs