Public bug reported: It looks that there is a cyclic dependency in some of the systemd services: see log.
The VM was created some hours ago using the latest packages. I'm not really sure if this is a problem with systemd - if not maybe somebody can point me to the buggy package. === Version Info === root@ubuntuvm:~# uname -a Linux ubuntuvm 4.4.0-93-generic #116-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 11 21:17:51 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@ubuntuvm:~# dpkg -l | grep systemd ii libsystemd0:amd64 229-4ubuntu19 amd64 systemd utility library ii systemd 229-4ubuntu19 amd64 system and service manager ii systemd-sysv 229-4ubuntu19 amd64 system and service manager - SysV links root@ubuntuvm:~# dpkg -l | grep cloud-init ii cloud-init 0.7.9-233-ge586fe35-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 all Init scripts for cloud instances root@ubuntuvm:~# dpkg -l | grep lvm2 ii liblvm2app2.2:amd64 2.02.133-1ubuntu10 amd64 LVM2 application library ii liblvm2cmd2.02:amd64 2.02.133-1ubuntu10 amd64 LVM2 command library ii lvm2 2.02.133-1ubuntu10 amd64 Linux Logical Volume Manager === LOG === Please note that 'opt' is one of the LVs. Depending on the boot this is replaced e.g. with 'home'. Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found ordering cycle on networking.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on local-fs.target/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on opt.mount/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-sysvg\x2dopt_vol.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on cloud-init.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Found dependency on networking.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: networking.service: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job local-fs.target/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: local-fs.target: Job local-fs.target/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with networking.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found ordering cycle on cloud-init-local.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on var.mount/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on systemd-fsck@dev-mapper-sysvg\x2dvar_vol.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on cloud-init.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on networking.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on network-pre.target/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Found dependency on cloud-init-local.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init-local.service: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job cloud-init.service/start Sep 15 09:41:11 ubuntuvm systemd[1]: cloud-init.service: Job cloud-init.service/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with cloud-init-local.service/start ** Affects: systemd (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/1717459 Title: Ubuntu Xenial: Job local-fs.target/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with networking.service/start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1717459/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs