Description of problem: The system was upgraded from F14 to F15 using preupgrade and there were several problems with systemd services afterwards. Most of the problems were not immediately noticeable but caused harder to diagnose problems later on. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): systemd-26-1.fc15.i686 How reproducible: seems common amongst other bug reporters Steps to Reproduce: 1.upgrade F14->F15 using preupgrade 2.check logs 3.check systemctl --all Actual results: [root@newt ~]# systemctl --all|grep error dbus-org.bluez.service error inactive dead dbus-org.bluez.service dbus-org....Avahi.service error inactive dead dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service distcache.service error inactive dead distcache.service tgtd.service error inactive dead tgtd.service abrtd.target error inactive dead abrtd.target cgconfig.target error inactive dead cgconfig.target Expected results: no errors Additional info: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696278 - NetworkManager not started https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699198 - rsyslog not started https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696815 - dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service failed to load
I reinstalled the system from scratch, using the F15 live CD to rule out issues from the upgrade. I get: [root@sulaco ~]# systemctl --all|grep error dbus-org.bluez.service error inactive dead dbus-org.bluez.service tgtd.service error inactive dead tgtd.service abrtd.target error inactive dead abrtd.target cgconfig.target error inactive dead cgconfig.target from a fresh install.
In a "default" installation, the cgconfig service start will fail because the default configuration file (/etc/cgconfig.conf) is shipped with all lines (including the default grouping) commented out. The service start should, I think, not post a "failed" when it has nothing to do. Note that the parser will fail if the default groups are specified, but that's a different bug, already reported.
(In reply to comment #1) > I reinstalled the system from scratch, using the F15 live CD to rule out issues > from the upgrade. > > I get: > > [root@sulaco ~]# systemctl --all|grep error > dbus-org.bluez.service error inactive dead dbus-org.bluez.service > tgtd.service error inactive dead tgtd.service > abrtd.target error inactive dead abrtd.target > cgconfig.target error inactive dead cgconfig.target > > from a fresh install. This is not a bug. It just means that some services are referenced by other services but couldn't be found. Which is completely OK for example when a service A wants to be started after a service B but it doesn't really matter whether B is around or not. systemctl by default hides these services if they aren't found. With "--all" you unhide them, but that doesn't make them a problem. So there's nothign wrong here.