[SOLVED] [arch] ZFS daemon fails to start; Systemd journal not working

Weapon S · 07-07-2015, 11:57 PM

On Arch Linux. Just upgraded and installed zfs-git from the AUR (the recommended way to install). Tried to start the zfs daemon with `systemctl start zfs.target`. That gave:

Code:

A dependency job for zfs.target failed. See 'journalctl -xe' for details.

journalctl -xe Or journalctl says:

Code:

Error was encountered while opening journal files: Geen gegevens beschikbaar

(Translation: "No data available", though I'm not sure about the exact equivalent message in the English version.) Journal files seem to be present and updated under /var/log/journal.
Google failed me. Where do I go from here?

Head_on_a_Stick · 07-08-2015, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weapon S

journalctl -xe Or journalctl says:

Code:

Error was encountered while opening journal files: Geen gegevens beschikbaar

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45451

How did you install zfs-git?

Weapon S · 07-08-2015, 06:15 AM

That is useful information about the bug. Thanks.
I removed the old packages with pacman -Rn. Then pacman -Syyu. Then downloaded the tarballs from the AUR and extracted them. Then did makepkg and pacman -U for spl-utils-git, spl-git, zfs-utils-git, zfs-git in that order.

Head_on_a_Stick · 07-08-2015, 03:45 PM

What is the output of:

Code:

systemctl status zfs.target
systemctl --failed

Weapon S · 07-10-2015, 01:06 AM

It seems a reboot resolved the issue. I could guess systemd needed to refresh some configuration.
A bit of a silly fix. Thanks, everybody, for your help.
The journalctl problem can be circumvented by adding the --system option.