Bug 1001744

Summary: 'debug' on the kernel command line causes boot failure
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Eric Paris <eparis>
Component: systemdAssignee: systemd-maint
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 19CC: johannbg, lnykryn, msekleta, plautrba, systemd-maint, vpavlin, zbyszek
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Last Closed: 2013-10-21 21:35:13 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Eric Paris 2013-08-27 16:02:25 UTC
Remove 'rhgb quiet' from the kernel command line in the grub config and add 'debug'.  The system will mostly hang right after it says 'Welcome to $DISTRO'.

It isn't completely dead, as I still get one log line every minute or so.  But 10 minutes the system is clearly not booted and has made no visible progress.  I wonder if there is a sleep 60 type line in the debug code path somewhere?

Comment 1 Kay Sievers 2013-08-27 16:28:26 UTC
Seem that systemd's own logging gets stuck in the filled-up journal socket,
before the journal is started, and tools only log in 1/min frequency. :)

This seems to make it work for me:
  http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=bd6d2963396061ed068c4c6c54d8104b59ba91dc

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2013-09-13 16:15:53 UTC
systemd-207-1.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/systemd-207-1.fc20

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-09-23 00:04:04 UTC
systemd-207-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.