Hello again,
So, during my last issue, the last line of my inxi showed Samba/nmb as a failed unit. As I was working on the problem I was having with btrfs and baloo, I wasn't concerned about the Failed unit Samba/nmb.
Well, now I'm having a different problem and I have not found a solution and it relates to the failed Samba/nmb unit. After making adjustments to btrfs and balooctrl, on my next reboot, the boot process hung. The last line when it hung up was:
[FAILED] Failed to start Samba NMB Daemon...
I had no choice but to do a ^AltD reset. The same thing happened again. I reset again and booted from a snapshot from earlier in the day on 03/05 and the system booted properly. However, after updating again and rebooting the boot process hung again exactly as before.
I have been trying to get vncserver working, but unsuccessfully so far, which entails some settings involving Samba and NMB in Network Drives as well as some settings done manually with vncserver (according to the Arch Wiki). After the reboot from the previous snapshot, those settings, as well as the adjustments I made to btrfs qgroups, quotas, and balooctl, were all undone and set back to the previous settings (defaults). I have since deselected everything I can find that has anything to do with Samba and NMB and nothing is showing under enabled services. However, I am still getting hung up at the same place in the boot process. The lines right before the line above in the boot process refers to 'Terminate Plymouth Screen' . I tried removing Plymouth from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, thinking maybe Plymouth was to blame, but it had no effect.
You will notice that my current inxi does not show the failed Samba unit. I suppose that's because I have deselected and disabled everything I could find that relates to Samba. However, I still get the same message and hang on reboot attempts.
systemctl list-unit-files --all | grep -i -e smb -e samba
shows both Samba.service and smb.service as disabled.
Someone suggested that maybe I had a hdd failing, but I get no errors from smartctl on the system drive. As well, since I can reboot from a previous snapshot with no problems, it doesn't seem like a hardware issue to me. i have rebooted this way half a dozen times this evening as I have tried the various things I have detailed above. I am currently typing on the computer, having booted from the same snapshot. The system is updated as of a few minutes ago. I know that if I try to reboot it will hang with the same error message as above.
Here's what I think may be the pertinent portion of the previous boot (journactl -b -1)
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench kernel: zram: Added device: zram0
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[248]: /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-gpt-auto-generator failed with exit status 1.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: Queued start job for default target Graphical Interface.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: Created slice Virtual Machine and Container Slice.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: Created slice Slice /system/getty.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: Created slice Slice /system/modprobe.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: Created slice Slice /system/systemd-fsck.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: Created slice Slice /system/systemd-zram-setup.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: Created slice User and Session Slice.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: grub-btrfs.path: Bound to unit run-timeshift-backup.mount, but unit isn't active.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Monitors for new timeshift snapshots.
Mar 06 19:06:48 Workbench systemd[1]: grub-btrfs.path: Job grub-btrfs.path/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Any help would be appreciated.
System:
Kernel: 5.15.26-1-lts x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2022-03-05_22-38-50/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
root=UUID=6cafe1ae-53e0-4003-8e56-0566259c4051 loglevel=3 quiet
rootflags=defaults,noatime,space_cache,noautodefrag,compress=zstd,subvol=timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2022-03-05_22-38-50/@
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.24.2 tk: Qt 5.15.3 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H97M-E v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2702 date: 03/28/2016
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-4690 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell family: 6
model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3482 high: 3493 min/max: 800/3900 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3493 2: 3452 3: 3493
4: 3492 bogomips: 27937
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: HDMI-A-2
empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0412 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Realtek RTL2838 DVB-T type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 3-2.2:4
chip-ID: 0bda:2838 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 422x237mm (16.6x9.3")
s-diag: 484mm (19.1")
Monitor-1: HDMI2 mapped: HDMI-A-2 model: LCD-TV serial: <filter>
built: 2007 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 58 gamma: 1.2
size: 700x390mm (27.6x15.4") diag: 801mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1280x720 min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
v: 4.5 Mesa 21.3.7 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8ca0
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.26-1-lts running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK AM1I-A driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink RT5572 Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: rt2800usb
bus-ID: 3-10:6 chip-ID: 148f:5572 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s20u10 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 1.37 TiB (30.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1B01
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EFRX-68WT0N0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 0A82 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD5000LPVX-80V0TT0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.5 GiB size: 4.09 TiB (900.43%) used: 1.37 TiB (33.5%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.45%)
used: 546 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.5 GiB size: 4.09 TiB (900.43%)
used: 1.37 TiB (33.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.5 GiB size: 4.09 TiB (900.43%)
used: 1.37 TiB (33.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.5 GiB size: 4.09 TiB (900.43%)
used: 1.37 TiB (33.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.32 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 206 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.32 GiB
used: 2.29 GiB (14.9%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1761 lib: 410 Shell: fish
v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.13
Garuda (2.5.5-1):
System install date: 2021-03-08
Last full system update: 2022-03-06
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Snapshots: Timeshift
Failed units: