Starting/Stopping services causes "init: Error while reading from descriptor: Bad file descriptor"

Bug #1373588 reported by Alexander Gabriel
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
upstart (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Starting and stopping services via upstart causes errors in the form of
"init: Error while reading from descriptor: Bad file descriptor"

with a lot of services and on multiple machines featuring different hardware configurations and different kernels.

The services start without errors if launched with the same parameters from the command line.

A result of this is the inability to launch lightdm.
The system becomes near unuseable.

Ubuntu version is 14.04.01
upstart package is up to date.
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ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-24 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
Package: upstart 1.12.1-0ubuntu4.2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-36-generic root=UUID=bf38ba9e-6c63-4201-a95c-11de8e46230d ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-36.63-generic 3.13.11.6
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UpstartBugCategory: System
UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.12.1)
UserGroups:

_MarkForUpload: True
modified.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.default.cups: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.default.sssd: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.init.sssd.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2014-09-24T19:29:37.599417
mtime.conffile..etc.default.cups: 2014-07-23T01:11:06
mtime.conffile..etc.default.sssd: 2014-09-24T20:11:37.806020
mtime.conffile..etc.init.sssd.conf: 2014-09-24T21:19:27.573144

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in upstart (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote :

Thanks for reporting. Please run "ubuntu-bug 373588" which will attach required logs to this bug.

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James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote :

That should be "ubuntu-bug 1373588" of course :-)

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Alexander Gabriel (einalex) wrote :

Running the command sadly returns "no pending bug reports"

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Alexander Gabriel (einalex) wrote : BootLog.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected trusty
description: updated
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Alexander Gabriel (einalex) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

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Alexander Gabriel (einalex) wrote : ProcEnviron.txt

apport information

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Alexander Gabriel (einalex) wrote : UpstartRunningSystemJobs.txt

apport information

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Alexander Gabriel (einalex) wrote :

Thats the result of running apport-collect with the number.

description: updated
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