Bug 1942298

Summary: os crashes on timedatectl command and cannot reboot
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: john <murphy.john69>
Component: systemdAssignee: systemd-maint
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 33CC: fedoraproject, filbranden, flepied, kasong, lnykryn, msekleta, ssahani, s, systemd-maint, vslavik, yuwatana, zbyszek
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Description john 2021-03-24 05:15:10 UTC
Description of problem:
OS crashes on timedate command 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fedora 33 xfce or workstation live isos, or versions installed from them,
on all machines ive tried it on

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Dublin
2.
Actual results:
CPU usges goes to 100% systemd running and grinds to
a halt,
3.installation is then broken and cannot reboot even in rescue mode


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Comment 1 Vladimír Slávik 2021-03-24 11:39:54 UTC
Hello john, thank you for the report. Reassigning to systemd as that's the broken bit.

Comment 2 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2021-03-24 11:56:07 UTC
Please, when submitting a bug report, always include rpm versions and logs. This greatly increases
the chances that somebody will be able to do something useful with the report, especially a few
weeks or months down the road.

Anyway, looks like a duplicate of #1941335. Please check that systemd-246.13-1.fc33 fixes the issue.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1941335 ***