In the case of vsftpd it may fail if a password protected private key is used and none is entered on the password request prompt on the console. However, if initctl returns nothing, then I agree that is "strange". For example, I see on my system something like:
dy...@server:~$ initctl list avahi-daemon start/running, process 640 mountall-net stop/waiting rc stop/waiting rpc_pipefs start/running rsyslog start/running, process 645 tty4 start/running, process 774 udev start/running, process 271 upstart-udev-bridge start/running, process 268 ureadahead-other stop/waiting ... etc... Some of these are core services, so it would be hard to imagine the system not starting them and still being relatively "usable". Can you confirm things like udev are not actually running using a simple ps ax? Can you start mysqld directly? You will not see console output from starting any upstart managed process from a shell and especially in an xterm or ssh session. This is because the child processes all inherit stdio from the upstart daemon, and for the daemon, stdio is presumably the (first) console device, though you may see something on that default console (CTRL-ALT-F1). -- Lucid Lynx upstart 0.6.5-6 not starting services https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
