apport information ** Attachment added: "UpstartRunningSystemJobs.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1373588/+attachment/4215308/+files/UpstartRunningSystemJobs.txt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1373588 Title: Starting/Stopping services causes "init: Error while reading from descriptor: Bad file descriptor" Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed 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. 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. --- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1373588/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp