Re: a start job is running for create volatile files and directories
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 09:55:53AM +0100, Julian Brooks wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have this message
> "a start job is running for create volatile files and directories"
> when booting. There is then a "n's/no limit" while it counts up to approx
> 1m30'ish and then carries on booting.
>
> I'm pretty sure it's to do with installing printer drivers (from searching
> around) but I'd like to keep the printer driver.
>
> How can I make this go away?
Duckducking around, I find these, which might be relevant:
<https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766092>
<http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=118008> (currently unreachable)
<http://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/2jyquk/systemd_issue_at_boot_a_start_job_is_running_for/>
<https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=20077.0>
<http://xyzmind.blogspot.com/2015/01/solving-start-job-is-running-for-create.html>
I didn't dive into all, but a very superficial perusal seems to suggest
an unhappy combination of systemd, wrong kernel version and/or too many
files in /tmp (yes, it sounds crazy).
Oh, and... keep us posted :-)
Hope that helps
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