ipmi watchdog service fails to start
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ipmiutil (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
lsb_release
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release: 22.04
ipmiutil:
Installed: 3.1.8-1
Candidate: 3.1.8-1
The ipmiutil_wdt service fails to start
× ipmiutil_
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2023-12-20 11:17:05 GMT; 18s ago
Process: 42230 ExecStart=
Main PID: 42230 (code=exited, status=127)
CPU: 12ms
Dec 20 11:17:05 vslgpu2 systemd[1]: Started ipmiutil Watchdog Timer Service using cron.
Dec 20 11:17:05 vslgpu2 ipmiutil_
Dec 20 11:17:05 vslgpu2 ipmiutil_
Dec 20 11:17:05 vslgpu2 systemd[1]: ipmiutil_
Dec 20 11:17:05 vslgpu2 systemd[1]: ipmiutil_
This is for 2 reasons - 2nd is masked by the first and gives a different error
Dec 20 11:18:39 vslgpu2 systemd[1]: Started ipmiutil Watchdog Timer Service using cron.
Dec 20 11:18:39 vslgpu2 ipmiutil_
Dec 20 11:18:39 vslgpu2 ipmiutil_
Bugs/issue are:
1] the service script at /usr/share/
03/03/2023 ARCress ipmiutil-3.1.9 changes (iver 3.19)
util/isensor.c - fix -i get_idx_range to show last idx in range
util/igetevent.c - fix printf extra arg
util/memif.c - SR56: try UEFI address 6d5a7000 if F0000 error
configure.ac - Clang 16 fixes, resolve -Wimplicit-
(Sam James <email address hidden> 11/16/2022)
lib/lanplus/
util/ireset.c - SR58: remove is_romley case for ireset -D
scripts/
2] The script checks for /bin/systemctl ( if [ -x /bin/systemctl ]; ) and sets the variable restart_
Fix for 1] above is to upgrade to the latest patch of ipmiutil (or to rename the $prog var)
Fix for 2] avove is to add an additional OS check or just remove the "d" from the systemctl restart
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ipmiutil 3.1.8-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-89-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
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Date: Wed Dec 20 10:52:00 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-12-10 (1470 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: ipmiutil
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-02-15 (307 days ago)
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