** Description changed: + [Impact] + + * The watchdog service in Xenial does not start automatically even after + being configured. This makes the service not function reliably. + + This affects the 5.14 release in Xenial only and is already fixed in + 5.15 included in the developement release. + + + [Test Case] + + * On a Xenial 16.04 system + - lxc launch ubuntu-daily:xenial x1 + - lxc exec x1 /bin/bash + + # inside the container x1 + - apt-get update && apt-get install watchdog + + # display status after installing (returns inactive) + - systemctl is-active watchdog + + # reboot (this exits the container) + - reboot + + - lxc exec x1 /bin/bash + # inside the container x1, check the status of the service + - systemctl is-active watchdog (returns active) + + # With current version of watchdog (5.14-3ubuntu0.16.04.1) + # the service does not start automatically; + + # With the updated version (5.14-3ubuntu0.16.04.2) + # the service will be started automatically after a reboot + + [Regression Potential] + + * Users of watchdog service which previously did not start automatically + may encounter watchdog triggering actions at unexpected times. + + + [Original Description] + Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 watchdog: - Installed: 5.14-3 - Candidate: 5.14-3 - Version table: - *** 5.14-3 0 - 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 5.14-3 + Candidate: 5.14-3 + Version table: + *** 5.14-3 0 + 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected: Watchdog daemon starts on system boot. Current: After updating from Utopic to Vivid the watchdog daemon doesn't start. A manual service watchdog start after boot up starts the daemon normally. There seems to be a problem with the transition of the init scripts from Upstart to SystemD.
** Patch added: "lp-1448924.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/watchdog/+bug/1448924/+attachment/4871573/+files/lp-1448924.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448924 Title: watchdogd doesn't start on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/watchdog/+bug/1448924/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
