Can't log in: initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart
 

Hey, I have 2 problems.

First: When I boot up I get an error message that says " error cant find command 'recordfail' "

Boot proceeds without error.

Second error is when I log in. I enter username and pass, login then receive the following error message.

https://pastebin.com/vNsb72BF

Also this might help

https://paste.ubuntu.com/24806477/

Any ideas on what to do?

Thanks

Hello, could you check if you need a package for this command (maybe your have a minimal installation or whatever)

Other options:

edit /etc/defaut/grub and removed GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT and then boot from live media, and run grub-setup /dev/vda -v along with update-grub from chroot

Thanks for the reply. recordfail isnt a package (I looked around), it's part of GRUB2

There was no GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT in my grub file so that didn't work

running grub-setup /dev/vda -v now, will post results

For background, which distro and version are you running, and have you recently upgraded?

Linux Mint 18. Upgraded about an hour before this happened :|

That figures. 18 or 18.1? Was it an in-place upgrade from Mint 17.3? Did it give the impression that everything had worked well or did you get any warning or error messages?

The reason I ask is that your system shouldn't be trying to access upstart in what is now a systemd system.

Can you get to the command line? We'll need to check out your software sources.

Finally, did you make a system backup or image before starting the upgrade?

just version 18
it gave the impression that everything had worked well before upgrade
"your system shouldn't be trying to access upstart in what is now a systemd system"
Yeah, no clue why it's doing that?

And I made no backup :(

What version did you upgrade from? How did you upgrade?

Can you get to the command line?

I don't want to have to ask you just one question in each post, so if I have to post several, can you try and answer them all please? ;)

If OP resurfaces, your next move should be to check your software sources with:

or, if you don't have inxi installed and can't obtain it: