https://www.nico-maas.de/tags/force/ Recent content in Force on Nico Maas Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 27 Apr 2017 08:15:53 +0000 https://www.nico-maas.de/posts/2017-04-27-reboot-ubuntu-if-init-daemon-fails-systemd-died/ Thu, 27 Apr 2017 08:15:53 +0000 https://www.nico-maas.de/posts/2017-04-27-reboot-ubuntu-if-init-daemon-fails-systemd-died/ <p>I got following error on an really badly &ldquo;injured&rdquo; Ubuntu machine:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>Failed to start reboot.target: Failed to activate service &#39;org.freedesktop.systemd1&#39;: timed out See system logs and &#39;systemctl status reboot.target&#39; for details. Failed to talk to init daemon. </code></pre><p>Rebooting was not possible anymore, due to the beauty of 2933 zombie processes - slowing down the machine to a crawl.</p> <p><img class="gallery-image" data-flex-basis="294px" data-flex-grow="122" height="409" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 30px), (max-width: 1023px) 700px, (max-width: 1279px) 950px, 1232px" src="https://www.nico-maas.de/posts/2017-04-27-reboot-ubuntu-if-init-daemon-fails-systemd-died/gonner.png" width="502"></p>