misch-9: "initct: Not running" is a different error messages, it means dbus is not running / there is no main daemon process.
I've run 12.04 live cd, installed upstart from trusty and verified this bug report like so: $ sudo -i # initctl version init (upstart 1.5) // pid1 is precise upstart # inictl --version initctl (upstart 1.12.1) // initctl is from trusty # initctl status dbus dbus start/running, process 1221 // dbus _is_ running # initctl reload dbus # echo $? 0 // reload is successful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1303891 Title: new initctl should fallback to old reload signal semantics, if pid1 doesn't export reload dbus method To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/1303891/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
