[Bug 1724711] [NEW] rsyslog fails to start (Lubuntu 17.10)

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1) 
Description:	Ubuntu 17.10
Release:	17.10

2) 8.16.0-1ubuntu9

3) I'd like to see what happened in the system

4) syslog is empty, messages is obsolete, lastlog shows only pure
console logins (it maybe unrelated)

root at user:~# systemctl status rsyslog
● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2017-10-19 02:24:34 MSK; 1h 15min ago
     Docs: man:rsyslogd(8)
           http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/
  Process: 1858 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 1858 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

окт 19 02:24:33 user systemd[1]: rsyslog.service: Main process exited, code=exited, stat
окт 19 02:24:33 user systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logging Service.
окт 19 02:24:33 user systemd[1]: rsyslog.service: Unit entered failed state.
окт 19 02:24:33 user systemd[1]: rsyslog.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
окт 19 02:24:34 user systemd[1]: rsyslog.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling
окт 19 02:24:34 user systemd[1]: Stopped System Logging Service.
окт 19 02:24:34 user systemd[1]: rsyslog.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
окт 19 02:24:34 user systemd[1]: Failed to start System Logging Service.
окт 19 02:24:34 user systemd[1]: rsyslog.service: Unit entered failed state.
окт 19 02:24:34 user systemd[1]: rsyslog.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Thu Oct 19 03:59:04 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-06 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
SourcePackage: rsyslog
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful
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rsyslog fails to start (Lubuntu 17.10)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1724711
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