Public bug reported: I was debugging something else and found rtkit broken on my system.
Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1726502]: Successfully called chroot. Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1726502]: Successfully dropped privileges. Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1726502]: Successfully limited resources. Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1726502]: pthread_create failed: Resource temporarily unavailable Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1726502]: Canary thread running. Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1726502]: Exiting canary thread. Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1726502]: Demoting known real-time threads. Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1726502]: Demoted 0 threads That state is reproducible through restarts. I haven't looked any further yet. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: rtkit 0.12-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-45.37~18.04.1-generic 5.3.18 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-45-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu24 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Apr 8 07:59:58 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-12 (543 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: rtkit UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-03 (4 days ago) ** Affects: rtkit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1871543 Title: rtkit fails to start in focal "pthread_create failed: Resource temporarily unavailable" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rtkit/+bug/1871543/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs