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Bug#1100895: linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64: Failed to start systemd-journald.service/start, timeout, repeatedly killed, no boot possible

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  Bug#1100895: linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64: Failed to start systemd-journald.service/start, timeout, repeatedly killed, no boot possible zebonaut <zb-public@mnet-online.de> - 2025-03-20 09:40 +0100
    Bug#1100895: linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64: Failed to start systemd-journald.service/start, timeout, repeatedly killed, no boot possible Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-03-20 21:10 +0100
    Processed: Re: Bug#1100895: linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64: Failed to  start systemd-journald.service/start, timeout, repeatedly killed, no boot  possible "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-03-20 21:30 +0100
    Bug#1100895: Maybe the issue is buried in any changes between kernel versions kernel versions 6.1.0-27 and -28? zb-public@mnet-online.de - 2025-03-22 12:30 +0100
    Bug#1100895: Boot logs from versions 6.1.0-27-amd64 (booting), 6.1.0-28-amd64 (failing) and 6.1.0-32-amd64 (failing) Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-06-15 15:40 +0200
    Bug#1100895: marked as done (nouveau probe of GeForce 840M  crashes since 6.1.119-1) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-09-13 23:00 +0200

#86515 — Bug#1100895: linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64: Failed to start systemd-journald.service/start, timeout, repeatedly killed, no boot possible

Package: src:linux
Version: 6.1.129-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: zb-public@mnet-online.de

Dear Maintainer,

after a fresh installation from a netinst usb flash drive, version debian-12.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso, 
the system did not boot because it went into a loop that repeatedly failed to start job
systemd-journald.service.

I managed to eventually boot the system by telling grub not to boot using
linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 (default) but
linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64 (chosen manually),
which was the second choice still available in grub's start-up menu.

I am aware that the kernel may not be the package that is the actual root cause. However, I chose
linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 as the affected package because choosing an older version made the
problem disappear.

I believe this "fix" was available because my netinst iso was already a bit older and during the
installation, a newer kernel version was installed and used as a default by grub.

When re-installing from a new netinst image (debian-12.10.0-amd64-netinst.iso),
linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 was the only option available to grub, and I could not use
an alternative version to start the system.

This was displayed during the boot process:

[  *** ] Job systemd-journald.service/start running (1min 19s / 1min 19s)
[  *** ] Job systemd-journald.service/start running (2min 49s / 2min 49s)
[  189.455547] systemd [1]: systemd-journald.service: State 'stop-sigterm' timed out. Killing.

This continued in a loop-like fashion until it repeatedly [FAILED]:

[FAILED] Failed to start systemd-journald.service/start - Journal Service.

-- Package-specific info:
Other than the messages above, I was not able to find any output that appeared to be relevant.


** Model information
sys_vendor: Acer
product_name: Aspire E5-771G
product_version: TBD by OEM
chassis_vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
chassis_version: Chassis Version
bios_vendor: Insyde Corp.
bios_version: V1.09
board_vendor: Acer
board_name: EA70_HB
board_version: Type2 - A01 Board Version

** PCI devices:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller [8086:0a04] (rev 0b)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: hsw_uncore

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 50
	Region 0: Memory at b3000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
	Region 2: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 4: I/O ports at 6000 [size=64]
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915

00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller [8086:0a0c] (rev 0b)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 51
	Region 0: Memory at b3710000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB xHCI HC [8086:9c31] (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series USB xHCI HC [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 45
	Region 0: Memory at b3700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci

00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 8 Series HECI #0 [8086:9c3a] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series HECI [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 47
	Region 0: Memory at b3718000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 8 Series HD Audio Controller [8086:9c20] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series HD Audio Controller [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 48
	Region 0: Memory at b3714000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:9c10] (rev e4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 40
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 2000-2fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: 9fb00000-9fcfffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 9fd00000-9fefffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:9c14] (rev e4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 41
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 5000-5fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: b3600000-b36fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: b3400000-b34fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:9c16] (rev e4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 4 [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 42
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 4000-4fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: b3500000-b35fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:9c18] (rev e4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 5 [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 43
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 3000-3fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: b2000000-b2ffffff [size=16M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: a0000000-b1ffffff [size=288M] [32-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- VGA16- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB EHCI #1 [8086:9c26] (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series USB EHCI [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
	Region 0: Memory at b371c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
	Kernel modules: ehci_pci

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 8 Series LPC Controller [8086:9c43] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series LPC Controller [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] [8086:9c03] (rev 04) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 46
	Region 0: I/O ports at 6088 [size=8]
	Region 1: I/O ports at 6094 [size=4]
	Region 2: I/O ports at 6080 [size=8]
	Region 3: I/O ports at 6090 [size=4]
	Region 4: I/O ports at 6060 [size=32]
	Region 5: Memory at b371b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 8 Series SMBus Controller [8086:9c22] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 8 Series SMBus Controller [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 18
	Region 0: Memory at b3719000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Region 4: I/O ports at 6040 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801

01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 840M] [10de:1341] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] GM108M [GeForce 840M] [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 49
	Region 0: Memory at b2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [virtual] [size=16M]
	Region 1: Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256M]
	Region 3: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=32M]
	Region 5: I/O ports at 3000 [disabled] [size=128]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nouveau

04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0c)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [1025:0882]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
	Region 0: I/O ports at 5000 [size=256]
	Region 2: Memory at b3600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Region 4: Memory at b3400000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169

05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:b723]
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [1025:b734]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
	Region 0: I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
	Region 2: Memory at b3500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: rtl8723be
	Kernel modules: rtl8723be


** USB devices:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2c6e Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. Laptop Integrated WebCam HD
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:b005 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio 
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.10
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-18-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_DIE
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.142+deb12u1
ii  kmod                                    30+20221128-1
ii  linux-base                              4.9

Versions of packages linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 recommends:
ii  apparmor             3.0.8-3
ii  firmware-linux-free  20200122-1

Versions of packages linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 suggests:
pn  debian-kernel-handbook  <none>
ii  grub-pc                 2.06-13+deb12u1
pn  linux-doc-6.1           <none>

Versions of packages linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 is related to:
pn  firmware-amd-graphics     <none>
pn  firmware-atheros          <none>
pn  firmware-bnx2             <none>
pn  firmware-bnx2x            <none>
pn  firmware-brcm80211        <none>
pn  firmware-cavium           <none>
pn  firmware-intel-sound      <none>
pn  firmware-intelwimax       <none>
pn  firmware-ipw2x00          <none>
pn  firmware-ivtv             <none>
pn  firmware-iwlwifi          <none>
pn  firmware-libertas         <none>
pn  firmware-linux-nonfree    <none>
ii  firmware-misc-nonfree     20230210-5
pn  firmware-myricom          <none>
pn  firmware-netxen           <none>
pn  firmware-qlogic           <none>
ii  firmware-realtek          20230210-5
pn  firmware-samsung          <none>
pn  firmware-siano            <none>
pn  firmware-ti-connectivity  <none>
pn  xen-hypervisor            <none>

-- no debconf information

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#86521

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Hi

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 09:35:30AM +0100, zebonaut wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 6.1.129-1
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: zb-public@mnet-online.de
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> after a fresh installation from a netinst usb flash drive, version debian-12.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso, 
> the system did not boot because it went into a loop that repeatedly failed to start job
> systemd-journald.service.
> 
> I managed to eventually boot the system by telling grub not to boot using
> linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 (default) but
> linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64 (chosen manually),
> which was the second choice still available in grub's start-up menu.
> 
> I am aware that the kernel may not be the package that is the actual root cause. However, I chose
> linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 as the affected package because choosing an older version made the
> problem disappear.
> 
> I believe this "fix" was available because my netinst iso was already a bit older and during the
> installation, a newer kernel version was installed and used as a default by grub.
> 
> When re-installing from a new netinst image (debian-12.10.0-amd64-netinst.iso),
> linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 was the only option available to grub, and I could not use
> an alternative version to start the system.
> 
> This was displayed during the boot process:
> 
> [  *** ] Job systemd-journald.service/start running (1min 19s / 1min 19s)
> [  *** ] Job systemd-journald.service/start running (2min 49s / 2min 49s)
> [  189.455547] systemd [1]: systemd-journald.service: State 'stop-sigterm' timed out. Killing.
> 
> This continued in a loop-like fashion until it repeatedly [FAILED]:
> 
> [FAILED] Failed to start systemd-journald.service/start - Journal Service.

Two questions:

- Can you please post the kernel log/dmesg from a boot with 6.1.129-1?
  If the system is not accessible, we might be lucky getting some
  information by using the netconsole[1].

  [1]: <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/netconsole.html#netconsole

- Since you have a known working Debian revision, and a bad one, can
  you bisect first the Debian revisions to find the one which
  introduces the problem? Once that is done we might need you to
  bisect the upstream versions between those, but let's first try to
  determine n which Debian revision the problem appears.

Regards,
Salvatore

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#86540 — Bug#1100895: Maybe the issue is buried in any changes between kernel versions kernel versions 6.1.0-27 and -28?

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Dear Salvatore,

I will try my best to gather the boot log from a (failing) boot into
kernel version 6.1.0-28. I will get back on this as soon as I can.

In the meantime, I am happy to report I was able to add -27 to the list
of the versions I tried so far, which resulted in an "OK", so the cause
might have to do with any changes that happened between -27 and -28. I
hope this helps to narrow down the number of possible issues.

linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64 OK
linux-image-6.1.0-20-amd64 OK
linux-image-6.1.0-21-amd64 OK
linux-image-6.1.0-23-amd64 OK
linux-image-6.1.0-26-amd64 OK
linux-image-6.1.0-27-amd64 OK
linux-image-6.1.0-28-amd64 FAIL
linux-image-6.1.0-29-amd64 FAIL
linux-image-6.1.0-30-amd64 FAIL
linux-image-6.1.0-31-amd64 FAIL
linux-image-6.1.0-32-amd64 FAIL

Just in case this helps to catch possible errors (becaue I am really
more of an interested user than a developer), I add the details of what
I did:

Downloaded
https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20241102T151100Z/pool/main/l/linux-signed-amd64/linux-image-6.1.0-27-amd64_6.1.115-1_amd64.deb
(https://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-signed-amd64/6.1.115%2B1/#linux-image-6.1.0-27-amd64_6.1.115-1)
to
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-6.1.0-27-amd64_6.1.115-1_amd64.deb

Installed using
# apt install
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-6.1.0-27-amd64_6.1.115-1_amd64.deb
without any error messages.

-27 was automatically added to the list grub shows during boot, and,
obviously, I chose -27 manually using grub's menu.

Kind regards 

... and, of course, thank you very kindly for walking me through this
process of gathering as much useful information as I can, 

zb

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#87987 — Bug#1100895: Boot logs from versions 6.1.0-27-amd64 (booting), 6.1.0-28-amd64 (failing) and 6.1.0-32-amd64 (failing)

Hi,

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 01:01:56AM +0100, zb-public@mnet-online.de wrote:
> Dear Salvatore, 
> 
> I got netconsole running and can provide boot logs recorded from a
> separate machine using netconsole during the boot processes of 
> 
> 6.1.0-27-amd64 (booting), 
> 
> 6.1.0-28-amd64 (failing) and 
> 
> 6.1.0-32-amd64 (failing). 
> 
> All three files are attached and can also be found below, in case the
> attachments should not be displayed properly. You may search for
> "-+-+-+-+-+-+-", which I added as a separator between the three logs. 

We were not very sucessful in identifying the problem, sorry about
that. But in meanwhile we are a couple of 6.1.y stable version
further. Might you be able to test the most current one (6.1.140-1
available in bookwomr) and report back if the probme persist (and
ideally provide as well fresh logs with that version)?

Regards,
Salvatore

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#89237 — Bug#1100895: marked as done (nouveau probe of GeForce 840M crashes since 6.1.119-1)

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Your message dated Sat, 13 Sep 2025 22:53:00 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#1100895: Boot logs from versions 6.1.0-27-amd64 (booting), 6.1.0-28-amd64 (failing) and 6.1.0-32-amd64 (failing)
has caused the Debian Bug report #1100895,
regarding nouveau probe of GeForce 840M crashes since 6.1.119-1
to be marked as done.

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If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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