Comment 12 for bug 1726930

This must be an Ubuntu specific problem. I haven't encountered the problem
upstream.

https://GitHub.com/rickysarraf/laptop-mode-tools

s3nt fr0m a $martph0ne, excuse typ0s

On 07-Dec-2017 02:36, "timor" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Uninstalling laptop-mode-tools helped me, but it's useful package and it
> would be nice to get it back.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726930
>
> Title:
> System fails to start (boot) on battery due to read-only root file-
> system
>
> Status in laptop-mode-tools package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in systemd package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> This report is to capture the extended diagnostic efforts done on IRC
> #ubuntu for user maszlo, who has a Lenovo T450 with SSD that was
> upgraded from 17.04 to 17.10 and since fails to complete start-up of
> services when powered on battery.
>
> We'd previously applied the "acpi=os=! 'acpi_osi=Windows 2015'"
> workaround in case this was an ACPI DSDT issue.
>
> This appears to be due to a read-only root file-system. What is not
> clear is how the rootfs goes read-only.
>
> The file-system (sda6, ext4) is fsck-ed successfully in the initrd
> according to the /run/initramfs/fsck.log.
>
> From the start-up logs (with "systemd.log_level=debug") we see the
> ext4 driver report a remount operation not once but five times.
>
> $ grep 'EXT4-fs.*sda6' systemd-debug.log
> Oct 23 18:10:44 T450s kernel: EXT4-fs (sda6): mounted filesystem with
> ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
> Oct 23 18:10:44 T450s kernel: EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts:
> errors=remount-ro
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s kernel: EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts:
> errors=remount-ro,data=ordered,commit=600
> Oct 23 18:10:47 T450s kernel: EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts:
> errors=remount-ro,data=ordered,commit=600
> Oct 23 18:10:48 T450s kernel: EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts:
> errors=remount-ro,data=ordered,commit=600
> Oct 23 18:10:48 T450s kernel: EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts:
> errors=remount-ro,data=ordered,commit=600
> Oct 23 18:10:49 T450s kernel: EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts:
> errors=remount-ro,data=ordered,commit=600
>
> Those last five appear to be carrying options generated by laptop-
> mode-tools.
>
> User has disabled laptop-mode.service and laptop-mode.timer, and lmt-
> poll.service, but the issue remains.
>
> We see several reports of "read-only file-system":
>
> $ grep 'Read-only' systemd-debug.log
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s grub-common[1792]: grub-editenv: error: cannot
> open `/boot/grub/grubenv': Read-only file system.
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: colord.service: Failed to run 'start'
> task: Read-only file system
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s gpu-manager[1797]: Warning: writing to
> /var/log/gpu-manager.log failed (Read-only file system)
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: systemd-resolved.service: Failed to
> run 'start' task: Read-only file system
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: systemd-resolved.service: Failed to
> run 'start' task: Read-only file system
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s gdm3[1932]: Failed to create LogDir /var/log/gdm3:
> Read-only file system
> ...
> Oct 23 18:11:26 T450s cupsd[1461]: Unable to change ownership of
> "/var/log/cups" - Read-only file system
> Oct 23 18:11:26 T450s cupsd[1461]: Unable to open log file
> "/var/log/cups/access_log" - Read-only file system
> Oct 23 18:12:52 T450s login[9248]: pam_lastlog(login:session): unable to
> open /var/log/lastlog: Read-only file system
>
> We also see several problems with systemd's connection to Dbus:
>
> $ grep 'Transport endpoint' systemd-debug.log
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: Failed to send job change signal for
> 773: Transport endpoint is not connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Failed to send
> unit change signal for systemd-logind.service: Transport endpoint is not
> connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: Failed to send job remove signal for
> 156: Transport endpoint is not connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: lmt-poll.service: Failed to send unit
> change signal for lmt-poll.service: Transport endpoint is not connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: Failed to send job remove signal for
> 182: Transport endpoint is not connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: Failed to send job remove signal for
> 95: Transport endpoint is not connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: polkit.service: Failed to send unit
> change signal for polkit.service: Transport endpoint is not connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: cups-browsed.service: Failed to send
> unit change signal for cups-browsed.service: Transport endpoint is not
> connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: Failed to send job change signal for
> 773: Transport endpoint is not connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: Failed to send job remove signal for
> 161: Transport endpoint is not connected
> Oct 23 18:10:46 T450s systemd[1]: gdomap.service: Failed to send unit
> change signal for gdomap.service: Transport endpoint is not connected
>
> When the user purged laptop-mode-tools the system starts successfully
> on battery.
>
> The user installed a fresh instance of 17.10 on a 2nd M2 SSD. When
> laptop-mode-tools was added to that instance it also exhibited the
> failure.
>
> # apt-cache rdepends laptop-mode-tools
> laptop-mode-tools
> Reverse Depends:
> systemd
> tlp
> powertop-1.13
> powertop
>
> # apt show systemd | grep Breaks
> Breaks: apparmor (<< 2.9.2-1), ifupdown (<< 0.8.5~), laptop-mode-tools
> (<< 1.68~), systemd-shim (<< 10-3~), udev (<< 228-5)
>
> # apt-cache policy laptop-mode-tools
> laptop-mode-tools:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: 1.71-2ubuntu1
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