Comment 15 for bug 1120660

To chime in myself and give a differential diagnosis ...

I don’t have /var/log/upstart because /var/log is a tmpfs. Do I have to create this subfolder?

Here’s the output from my PC:

towolf@ovo:~$ initctl list
avahi-daemon start/running, process 845
mountall-net stop/waiting
mountnfs-bootclean.sh start/running
passwd stop/waiting
rc stop/waiting
rsyslog start/running, process 841
screen-cleanup stop/waiting
udev start/running, process 338
upstart-udev-bridge start/running, process 329
ureadahead-other stop/waiting
console-setup stop/waiting
hwclock-save stop/waiting
idmapd-mounting stop/waiting
plymouth-log stop/waiting
rpcbind-boot stop/waiting
failsafe stop/waiting
hybrid-gfx stop/waiting
mountall.sh start/running
rfkill-store stop/waiting
statd stop/waiting
atd start/running, process 977
dbus start/running, process 728
mounted-var stop/waiting
plymouth stop/waiting
portmap stop/waiting
resolvconf start/running
ssh start/running, process 718
udev-fallback-graphics stop/waiting
checkroot.sh start/running
control-alt-delete stop/waiting
hwclock stop/waiting
mounted-proc stop/waiting
network-manager start/running, process 838
alsa-store stop/waiting
cups-browsed start/running, process 956
setvtrgb stop/waiting
shutdown stop/waiting
statd-mounting stop/waiting
alsa-restore stop/waiting
cron start/running, process 5873
gdm start/running, process 962
lightdm stop/waiting
mountall stop/waiting
mounted-debugfs stop/waiting
mountkernfs.sh start/running
binfmt-support stop/waiting
console stop/waiting
mounted-run stop/waiting
acpid start/running, process 959
bluetooth stop/waiting
checkfs.sh start/running
checkroot-bootclean.sh start/running
kmod stop/waiting
mountnfs.sh start/running
plymouth-stop stop/waiting
rcS stop/waiting
wait-for-state stop/waiting
bootmisc.sh start/running
flush-early-job-log stop/waiting
friendly-recovery stop/waiting
gssd-mounting stop/waiting
rc-sysinit stop/waiting
cups stop/waiting
pulseaudio stop/waiting
upstart-socket-bridge start/running, process 861
anacron start/running, process 15918
mountdevsubfs.sh start/running
tty2 start/running, process 932
udevtrigger stop/waiting
container-detect stop/waiting
mounted-dev stop/waiting
mtab.sh start/running
tty3 start/running, process 934
udev-finish stop/waiting
hostname stop/waiting
mountall-reboot stop/waiting
gssd stop/waiting
mountall-shell stop/waiting
mounted-tmp stop/waiting
network-interface (lo) start/running
network-interface (wlan0) start/running
plymouth-splash stop/waiting
plymouth-upstart-bridge stop/waiting
portmap-wait stop/waiting
tty1 stop/waiting
udevmonitor stop/waiting
usb-creator-gtk stop/waiting
dmesg stop/waiting
mountall-bootclean.sh start/running
network-interface-security (network-manager) start/running
network-interface-security (network-interface/wlan0) start/running
network-interface-security (network-interface/lo) start/running
network-interface-security (networking) start/running
networking start/running
procps stop/waiting
rfkill-restore stop/waiting
console-font stop/waiting
idmapd stop/waiting
network-interface-container stop/waiting
ureadahead stop/waiting

towolf@ovo:~$ df -h /var/log/
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 1,9G 896K 1,9G 1% /var/log

towolf@ovo:~$ ll -d /var/log/upstart
ls: cannot access /var/log/upstart: No such file or directory