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View Full Version : [ubuntu] Upgrading to 9.10 makes all services FAIL on startup


stealthguitar
January 9th, 2010, 11:05 PM
I upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10. SSH, samba, LAMP server, etc etc etc are now failing to start when the os boots. I can start all of these services manually but is a bit of an annoyance. Maybe something simple but am not sure where to look to fix this.
Thank you.
stealthguitar
January 11th, 2010, 02:55 PM
Should I try reinstalling the packages? I'd prefer not to :(
SecretCode
January 11th, 2010, 05:54 PM
Is this a server install?

What do the logs show, esp syslog, messages, dmesg, mysql.log, samba?
stealthguitar
January 12th, 2010, 01:08 PM
Yes it is the server edition.

I looked through syslog, messages, and dmsg logs you mentioned but I'm not sure what to look for. The MYSQL log file was empty and I'm not sure I found the correct samba log either. I'm sure that's not at all helpful in troubleshooting this but I would like to learn more instead of reformatting again.
SecretCode
January 12th, 2010, 02:03 PM
Maybe it's not an error preventing their startup - maybe it's something in initialisation that didn't migrate properly. I have a vague idea that 9.10 introduced new init directories and service handling.

Have a dig around your /etc/init* files and directories - and see if man init and man service give you any clues.