I confirm that purging laptop-mode-tools from my system fixed the problem.
** Description changed: - Hi, + * Analysis: - when I look at journalctl's output, I see many error messages of the - same type: + The error messages are caused by a bad interaction between systemd and + laptop-mode-tools. + + * Fixes: + + There is a fix in systemd: + https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/3148 + + The problem can also be fixed by updating laptop-mode-tools. + + * Symptoms: Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-hwdb-update.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Rebuild Hardware Database. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Starting Show Plymouth Boot Screen... Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-hwdb-update.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Rebuild Hardware Database. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-hwdb-update.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Rebuild Hardware Database. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: plymouth-start.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Show Plymouth Boot Screen. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-ask-password-console.path: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: plymouth-start.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Show Plymouth Boot Screen. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-binfmt.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Set Up Additional Binary Formats. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: friendly-recovery.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Recovery mode menu. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: sys-kernel-config.mount: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to mount Configuration File System. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-ask-password-console.path: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start File System Check on Root Device. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: systemd-hwdb-update.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 20:23:50 xeelee systemd[1]: Failed to start Rebuild Hardware Database. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: systemd 229-4ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.5.0-040500-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Apr 8 20:41:02 2016 MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm - PATH=(custom, no user) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm + PATH=(custom, no user) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.5.0-040500-lowlatency root=UUID=347d095b-3b19-412b-841e-acfd162e2c53 ro quiet splash nomdmonddf nomdmonisw vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-31 (8 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/25/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.50 dmi.board.name: HM77-HT dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.50:bd03/25/2013:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnHM77-HT:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.timesyncd.conf: 2015-10-21T22:12:17.831478 ** Also affects: laptop-mode-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568094 Title: Many error message such as "Start request repeated too quickly." 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