Public bug reported: I performed a do-release-upgrade on a digital ocean droplet running trusty. The end result was a system in which systemd wasn't running but every tool thought it was. Can't reboot, etc.
I get error messages such as: <root@valor>:~# /sbin/reboot Failed to start reboot.target: Connection timed out See system logs and 'systemctl status reboot.target' for details. Couldn't find an alternative telinit implementation to spawn. failed to run telinit 6 for upstart fallback Failed to talk to init daemon. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-virtual 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-virtual x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu Date: Mon Aug 1 15:51:34 2016 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-01 (0 days ago) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1608689 Title: do-release-upgrade left machine in unrebootable state To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1608689/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs