Public bug reported:
Hi,
I've just upgraded a virtual LXD guest machine from Ubuntu server
24.04.5 to 26.04.1 using do-release-upgrade.
The machine is rather simple, no additional services, just some shell
tools.
Upgrade went smoothly, but after upgrading, the system is in "degraded"
status:
# systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
● console-getty.service loaded failed failed Console Getty
# systemctl status console-getty.service
× console-getty.service - Console Getty
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/console-getty.service;
enabled-runtime; preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit-hit) since Mon 2026-10-12 14:45:01
CEST; 7min ago
Duration: 16ms
Invocation: 7cd6950162214ecfa22c4cf97f3700dd
Docs: man:agetty(8)
man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
Process: 554 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/agetty --noreset --noclear
--issue-file=/etc/issue:/etc/issue.d:/run/issue.d:/usr/lib/issue.d --keep-baud
115200,57600,38400,9600 - ${TERM} (code=exited, status=208/STDIN)
Main PID: 554 (code=exited, status=208/STDIN)
Mem peak: 1.7M
CPU: 12ms
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Scheduled restart
job, restart counter is at 5.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Start request
repeated too quickly.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Failed with result
'start-limit-hit'.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: Failed to start console-getty.service -
Console Getty.
Disabling the service and restarting the guest machine doesn't help,
it's enabled-runtime again.
# journalctl -u console-getty.service -b
Okt 12 14:44:59 login12 systemd[1]: Started console-getty.service - Console
Getty.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 (agetty)[410]: console-getty.service: Failed to set up
standard input: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 (agetty)[410]: console-getty.service: Failed at step
STDIN spawning /usr/sbin/agetty: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Scheduled restart
job, restart counter is at 1.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: Started console-getty.service - Console
Getty.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 (agetty)[551]: console-getty.service: Failed to set up
standard input: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 (agetty)[551]: console-getty.service: Failed at step
STDIN spawning /usr/sbin/agetty: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Scheduled restart
job, restart counter is at 2.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: Started console-getty.service - Console
Getty.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 (agetty)[552]: console-getty.service: Failed to set up
standard input: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 (agetty)[552]: console-getty.service: Failed at step
STDIN spawning /usr/sbin/agetty: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Scheduled restart
job, restart counter is at 3.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: Started console-getty.service - Console
Getty.
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 (agetty)[553]: console-getty.service: Failed to set up
standard input: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 (agetty)[553]: console-getty.service: Failed at step
STDIN spawning /usr/sbin/agetty: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:00 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Scheduled restart
job, restart counter is at 4.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: Started console-getty.service - Console
Getty.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 (agetty)[554]: console-getty.service: Failed to set up
standard input: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 (agetty)[554]: console-getty.service: Failed at step
STDIN spawning /usr/sbin/agetty: No such file or directory
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Deactivated
successfully.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Scheduled restart
job, restart counter is at 5.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Start request
repeated too quickly.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: console-getty.service: Failed with result
'start-limit-hit'.
Okt 12 14:45:01 login12 systemd[1]: Failed to start console-getty.service -
Console Getty.
# ls -lF /usr/sbin/agetty
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 63968 Aug 19 16:23 /usr/sbin/agetty*
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: systemd 259.5-0ubuntu3.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-38.38-generic 7.0.14
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.34.1-0ubuntu0.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CloudBuildName: server
CloudSerial: 20250805
CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['dmesg'] failed with exit code 1: dmesg: read
kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted
Date: Mon Oct 12 14:47:27 2026
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 3346:1009 sipeed NanoKVM
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0751 Genesys Logic, Inc. microSD Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
MachineType: Default string Default string
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-7.0.0-38-generic
root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv ro
SourcePackage: systemd
SystemdFailedUnits:
Error: command ['systemctl', 'status', '--full', '●'] failed with exit code 4:
Invalid unit name "●" escaped as "\xe2\x97\x8f" (maybe you should use
systemd-escape?).
Unit \xe2\x97\x8f.service could not be found.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to resolute on 2026-10-12 (0 days ago)
acpidump:
dmi.bios.date: 04/17/2023
dmi.bios.release: 5.19
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
dmi.bios.version: JK4LV107
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: Default string
dmi.board.vendor: Default string
dmi.board.version: Default string
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInternational,LLC.:bvrJK4LV107:bd04/17/2023:br5.19:svnDefaultstring:pnDefaultstring:pvrDefaultstring:rvnDefaultstring:rnDefaultstring:rvrDefaultstring:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuDefaultstring:pfaDefaultstring:
dmi.product.family: Default string
dmi.product.name: Default string
dmi.product.sku: Default string
dmi.product.version: Default string
dmi.sys.vendor: Default string
** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cloud-image resolute
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