Dimitri, I've found the issue! The installation of the libselinux1 package during the dist-upgrade from Precise to Trusty causes this issue!
Here are the details from a freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04.4 amd64 VM: $ sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -qqy <no output; no updates> $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS" $ initctl --version initctl (upstart 1.5) $ initctl version init (upstart 1.5) $ initctl list avahi-daemon start/running, process 765 ... $ sudo sed -i 's/precise/trusty/g' /etc/apt/sources.list $ sudo apt-get update -qq <no ouput; no errors> $ sudo apt-get install libselinux1 -y Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libselinux1 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1250 not upgraded. Need to get 58.0 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,048 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libselinux1 amd64 2.2.2-1 [58.0 kB] Fetched 58.0 kB in 0s (330 kB/s) (Reading database ... 174854 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libselinux1 2.1.0-4.1ubuntu1 (using .../libselinux1_2.2.2-1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libselinux1 ... Setting up libselinux1 (2.2.2-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place New dmesg lines: [ 256.032898] init: Re-executing /sbin/init New syslog lines: Apr 23 14:51:40 test upstart-socket-bridge[1090]: Disconnected from Upstart Apr 23 14:51:40 test upstart-udev-bridge[595]: Disconnected from Upstart $ initctl list avahi-daemon stop/waiting ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1303891 Title: new initctl should fallback to old reload signal semantics, if pid1 doesn't export reload dbus method To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/1303891/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
