Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing

[at0m1sk]

I updated Ubuntu 9.10 today on my desktop and almost all services will not auto start, I googled around find that apt-get install dpkg --reinstall was suppose to fix it but no dice. I found this was the issue by looking into my bootstrap log and found this:

Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing

anyone experience this issue after update that could help me out?

P.S. I can start all my services with /etc/init.d/* start

[Sin@Sin-Sacrifice]

apt-get install dpkg --reinstall

[at0m1sk]

tried no dice : (

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what is happening in essence is that anything in /etc/init.d/ is not being started on startup, does that better describe the issue?

[arrange]

What's the output of

ls -l /sbin/start-stop-daemon*

? (i.e., is there the REAL script left?)

[at0m1sk]

$ ls -l /sbin/start-stop-daemon*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26772 2009-09-20 03:23 /sbin/start-stop-daemon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26772 2009-12-19 12:00 /sbin/start-stop-daemon.FAKE

i was was trying a fix and made a .FAKE but no .REAL

[arrange]

Have you tried to install ltsp or xen?

dpkg -l | grep -E 'xen|ltsp'

[at0m1sk]

No, I have not, what are those?

[arrange]

These use the fake daemon and could have given you the error message.

So when you reboot, you find yourself in a shell with no gdm, cron etc running? What's the output of

initctl list | sort

then?

[at0m1sk]

I get into ubuntu 9.10 100% w/ none of my daemons in /etc/init.d started automatically and i have to manually issue a "start" to them

$ initctl list | sort
acpid stop/waiting
anacron stop/waiting
apport stop/waiting
atd stop/waiting
avahi-daemon start/running, process 825
control-alt-delete stop/waiting
cron stop/waiting
dbus start/running, process 815
dmesg stop/waiting
failsafe-x stop/waiting
gdm start/running, process 1052
hal start/running, process 823
hostname stop/waiting
hwclock-save stop/waiting
hwclock stop/waiting
module-init-tools stop/waiting
mountall-net stop/waiting
mountall-reboot stop/waiting
mountall-shell stop/waiting
mountall stop/waiting
mythtv-backend stop/waiting
networking stop/waiting
network-interface stop/waiting
network-manager start/running, process 824
procps stop/waiting
rcS stop/waiting
rc stop/waiting
rc-sysinit stop/waiting
rsyslog-kmsg start/running, process 811
rsyslog start/running, process 813
tty1 stop/waiting
tty2 stop/waiting
tty3 stop/waiting
tty4 stop/waiting
tty5 stop/waiting
tty6 stop/waiting
udev-finish stop/waiting
udevmonitor stop/waiting
udev start/running, process 442
udevtrigger stop/waiting
ufw start/running
upstart-udev-bridge start/running, process 440
ureadahead-other stop/waiting
ureadahead stop/waiting
usplash stop/waiting

this is the service --status-all list

$ service --status-all
 [ - ]  NetworkManager.dpkg-backup
 [ ? ]  acpi-support
 [ ? ]  acpid
 [ ? ]  alsa-utils
 [ + ]  alsasound
 [ ? ]  amavis
 [ ? ]  anacron
 [ - ]  apache2
 [ ? ]  apmd
 [ - ]  apparmor
 [ ? ]  apport
 [ ? ]  atd
 [ ? ]  avahi-daemon
 [ - ]  bind9
 [ ? ]  binfmt-support
 [ - ]  bluetooth
 [ - ]  bootlogd
 [ - ]  brltty
 [ - ]  clamav-daemon
 [ - ]  clamav-freshclam
 [ ? ]  console-setup
 [ ? ]  courier-authdaemon
 [ ? ]  courier-imap
 [ ? ]  courier-imap-ssl
 [ ? ]  cron
 [ - ]  cups
 [ ? ]  dbus
 [ - ]  dkms_autoinstaller
 [ ? ]  dmesg
 [ ? ]  dns-clean
 [ - ]  dovecot
 [ ? ]  failsafe-x
 [ ? ]  fancontrol
 [ ? ]  gdm
 [ - ]  grub-common
 [ ? ]  hal
 [ ? ]  hddtemp
 [ ? ]  hotkey-setup
 [ ? ]  hwclock
 [ ? ]  hwclock-save
 [ ? ]  hwclock.sh.dpkg-obsolete
 [ - ]  kerneloops
 [ ? ]  keyboard-setup
 [ ? ]  killprocs
 [ - ]  klogd
 [ - ]  laptop-mode
 [ ? ]  linux-restricted-modules-common
 [ ? ]  lm-sensors
 [ ? ]  module-init-tools
 [ ? ]  mysql
 [ ? ]  mysql-ndb
 [ ? ]  mysql-ndb-mgm
 [ - ]  nagios
 [ - ]  nagios3
 [ ? ]  network-manager
 [ ? ]  networking
 [ - ]  ntp
 [ ? ]  ondemand
 [ ? ]  openbsd-inetd
 [ ? ]  openvpn
 [ ? ]  pcmciautils
 [ ? ]  policykit
 [ - ]  postfix
 [ ? ]  postgrey
 [ ? ]  pppd-dns
 [ ? ]  procps
 [ + ]  proftpd
 [ + ]  pulseaudio
 [ ? ]  rc.local
 [ ? ]  readahead
 [ ? ]  readahead-desktop
 [ - ]  rsync
 [ ? ]  rsyslog
 [ ? ]  rsyslog-kmsg
 [ - ]  samba
 [ - ]  saned
 [ ? ]  screen-cleanup
 [ ? ]  sendsigs
 [ - ]  snmpd
 [ ? ]  snmptrapfmt
 [ ? ]  spamassassin
 [ ? ]  speech-dispatcher
 [ - ]  ssh
 [ ? ]  stop-bootlogd
 [ ? ]  stop-bootlogd-single
 [ ? ]  stop-readahead
 [ - ]  sysklogd
 [ - ]  sysstat
 [ ? ]  udev
 [ ? ]  udev-finish
 [ ? ]  udevmonitor
 [ ? ]  udevtrigger
 [ ? ]  ufw
 [ ? ]  umountfs
 [ ? ]  umountnfs.sh
 [ ? ]  umountroot
 [ ? ]  unattended-upgrades
 [ - ]  urandom
 [ ? ]  usplash
 [ ? ]  ventrilo
 [ ? ]  virtualbox-ose
 [ - ]  winbind
 [ ? ]  wpa-ifupdown
 [ - ]  x11-common
 [ - ]  xinetd

here is the sysv-rc-conf list(if it helps)

$ sysv-rc-conf --list
acpi-support 1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
acpid        2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
alsa-utils   0:off    6:off
alsasound   
amavis       0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
anacron     
apache2      0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
apmd         1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off    S:on
apparmor     S:on
apport      
atd         
avahi-daemon
bind9        0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
binfmt-suppo 2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
bluetooth    0:off    1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off    6:off    S:off
bootlogd    
brltty       S:off
clamav-daemo 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
clamav-fresh 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
console-setu S:on
courier-auth 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
courier-imap 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
courier-imap 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
cron         2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
cups         1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
dbus         2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
dkms_autoins 2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
dmesg       
dns-clean    1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off
dovecot      1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off
failsafe-x  
fancontrol   0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
gdm         
grub-common  2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
hal         
halt         0:on
hddtemp      0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
hotkey-setup 1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off    S:off
hwclock     
hwclock-save
kerneloops   0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
keyboard-set S:on
killprocs    1:on
klogd        1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
laptop-mode  0:off    1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off    6:off    S:off
linux-restri 0:on    6:on    S:on
lm-sensors   S:on
module-init-
mysql        0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
mysql-ndb    0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
mysql-ndb-mg 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
nagios       S:on
nagios3      0:off    1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off    6:off
network-mana
networking   0:on    6:on
ntp          1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
ondemand     2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
openbsd-inet 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
openvpn      0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
pcmciautils  S:off
policykit    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
postfix      0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
postgrey     0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
pppd-dns     1:off    2:off    3:off    4:off    5:off    S:off
procps      
proftpd      0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
pulseaudio   1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
rc.local     2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
readahead    S:on
readahead-de S:on
reboot       6:on
rsync        1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
rsyslog     
rsyslog-kmsg
samba        0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
saned        1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
screen-clean 6:on    S:on
sendsigs     0:on    6:on
single       1:on
snmpd        1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
snmptrapfmt  0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
spamassassin 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
speech-dispa 1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
ssh          1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
stop-bootlog
stop-bootlog
stop-readahe 2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
sysklogd     1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
sysstat      1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on
udev         S:on
udev-finish 
udevmonitor 
udevtrigger 
ufw         
umountfs     0:on    6:on
umountroot   0:on    6:on
unattended-u 0:on    6:on
urandom      0:on    6:on    S:on
usplash     
ventrilo     0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
virtualbox-o 0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
winbind      0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
wpa-ifupdown 0:off    6:off    S:off
x11-common   S:on
xinetd       0:off    1:off    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:of

[arrange]

Sorry, doesn't make sense to me. If no daemons are running, you can't boot into 9.10. The outputs are after a fresh reboot?

Maybe you mean scripts in /etc/rc2.d, not /etc/init.d. That would mean that only cups, pulseaudio, rc.local etc are not working. Is that true?