[Bug 1158708] Re: Services start/stop multiple times during boot

[Steve Langasek]

This only shows the ssh service stopping and restarting once during
boot.

[ 15.912513] init: ssh state changed from post-start to running
[ 18.292483] init: ssh goal changed from start to stop

So roughly 2 seconds after ssh starts, something else stops it.  But
this "something else" is not upstart.  What other services do you see
this happening for?  Does it happen on every boot?

I've never seen any behavior like this on any system; I think there must
be something particular to your environment that's triggering these
service restarts.

** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Services start/stop multiple times during boot

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I'm running a fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS with all
  updates from security/updates applied. While everything works as
  expected after boot, I see that several services are started and
  stopped multiple times. After adding "--verbose" to the kernel command
  line in grub, I see the following in /var/log/dmesg (grep on "ssh",
  but other services look similar):

  [   15.448785] init: ssh goal changed from stop to start
  [   15.448977] init: ssh state changed from waiting to starting
  [   15.722522] init: ssh state changed from starting to pre-start
  [   15.740479] init: ssh pre-start process (412)
  [   15.892560] init: ssh pre-start process (412) exited normally
  [   15.892697] init: ssh state changed from pre-start to spawned
  [   15.900573] init: ssh main process (427)
  [   15.900877] init: ssh state changed from spawned to post-start
  [   15.912513] init: ssh state changed from post-start to running
  [   18.292483] init: ssh goal changed from start to stop
  [   18.292723] init: ssh state changed from running to pre-stop
  [   18.292826] init: ssh state changed from pre-stop to stopping
  [   18.293129] init: ssh state changed from stopping to killed
  [   18.293236] init: Sending TERM signal to ssh main process (427)
  [   18.296505] init: ssh main process (427) exited normally
  [   18.296683] init: ssh state changed from killed to post-stop
  [   18.297359] init: ssh state changed from post-stop to waiting
  [   18.344245] init: ssh goal changed from stop to start
  [   18.344378] init: ssh state changed from waiting to starting
  [   18.344801] init: ssh state changed from starting to pre-start
  [   18.356479] init: ssh pre-start process (593)
  [   18.414658] init: ssh pre-start process (593) exited normally
  [   18.415023] init: ssh state changed from pre-start to spawned
  [   18.424710] init: ssh main process (596)
  [   18.424886] init: ssh state changed from spawned to post-start
  [   18.429089] init: ssh state changed from post-start to running

  You can see that SSH is started 4 times. This seems unnecessary and
  looks like a bug to me. I see this behaviour on other Ubuntu 12.04
  systems as well.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu7.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-26.42~precise1-generic 3.5.7.6
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Mar 22 11:20:16 2013
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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