On Friday 16 March 2018 09:35:13 deloptes wrote:
Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
The process is triggered by one of the many raceconditions introduced in systemd. If you can, get rid of systemd, install devuan or exegnulinux or antix or ....
no need to do so. just install ii sysv-rc 2.88dsf-59.9 all System-V-like runlevel change mechanism ii sysvinit-core 2.88dsf-59.9 amd64 System-V-like init utilities ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-59.9 amd64 System-V-like utilities
trash systemd-sysv and reboot
if you keep systemd-sysv add in /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT ..... init=/lib/sysvinit/init
and update-initramfs
but it could be also a disk issue or unclean fs - probably you don't use ext4 and/or root is setup to remount ro on error
boot from rescue and fsck
I have similar problems with systemd when I try to shutdown or reboot; the system hangs, sometimes for ever. I have managed mostly to get round the issue by simply shutting down all unnecessary running processes before shutdown or reboot, but I still have issues.
Will this work for an i386 machine, as well? I did try installing Devuan, but without success (as it seems the process used by their installation disc wants to overwrite my home folder); I also gave exegnulinux, but that also was unsatisfactory.
My current system is Debian Jessie, and runs pretty much like I want, except for some minor bugs. My biggest complaint is systemd, and I really want to go back to using sysvinit.
Also: I wonder if it is possible to switch to Devuan without doing a complete reinstallation? i.e., after changing over to sysvinit, can I enable Devuan repositories (and disable Debian), then do something like sudo apt-get dist-upgrade or whatever?
Bill