Here the message continues to appear and the shut down or reboot is interrupted. The notable difference now is that it does time out after 15 seconds or so and the intended action proceeds.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1706939 Title: A live session can't be shut down due to "[ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for ... (21s / no limit)" Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gdm3 source package in Bionic: Confirmed Status in systemd source package in Bionic: Confirmed Bug description: Test case: Boot to live session using current or recent image Attempt to restart, shutdown or even log out. Hangs basically forever with: [ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up (21s / no limit) or [ *** ] (2 of 2) A start job is running for Wait for Network to be Configured (21s / no limit) --- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gdm3 3.24.2-1ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.384 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Jul 27 10:15:57 2017 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170723) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf: 2017-07-27T10:13:04.127685 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1706939/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
