Bug 464258 – =net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.6.4-r1 - Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Dennis Schridde 2013-04-03 01:06:36 UTC]

journalctl logs tons of these and NetworkManager is not started automatically (even though NetworkManager-wait-online is enabled, and the KDE networkmanagement plasmoid is being used):
Apr 03 03:01:32 ernie dbus-daemon[2189]: dbus[2189]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service'
Apr 03 03:01:32 ernie dbus-daemon[2189]: dbus[2189]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' for details.
Apr 03 03:01:32 ernie dbus[2189]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service'
Apr 03 03:01:32 ernie dbus[2189]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service' for details.

The same happens for bluez:
Apr 03 03:01:42 ernie dbus-daemon[2189]: dbus[2189]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
Apr 03 03:01:42 ernie dbus-daemon[2189]: dbus[2189]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbu
Apr 03 03:01:42 ernie dbus[2189]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
Apr 03 03:01:42 ernie dbus[2189]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service
Apr 03 03:01:42 ernie pulseaudio[2713]: [pulseaudio] bluetooth-util.c: org.bluez.Manager.GetProperties() failed: org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed: Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs an
Apr 03 03:01:47 ernie pulseaudio[2753]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
Apr 03 03:01:48 ernie pulseaudio[2759]: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Dennis Schridde 2013-04-03 01:07:57 UTC]

# emerge --info
Portage 2.2.0_alpha171 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.7.2, glibc-2.17, 3.8.5-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.8.5-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_5000+-with-gentoo-2.2
KiB Mem:     6108272 total,   2503936 free
KiB Swap:    7813116 total,   7813116 free
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:15:02 +0000
ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.2
distcc 3.2rc1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled]
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p45
dev-java/java-config:     2.1.12-r1
dev-lang/python:          2.7.3-r3, 3.2.3-r2
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.10.2-r2::kde
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.28
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.2
sys-apps/openrc:          0.11.8
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.6-r1
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake:       1.9.6-r3, 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.1
sys-devel/binutils:       2.23.2
sys-devel/gcc:            4.7.2-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.8
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4.2
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r4
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.8 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.17
Repositories: gentoo systemd sage-on-gentoo local enlightenment kde sunrise g-ctan
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-pipe -O2 -march=athlon64-sse3"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/polkit-1/actions /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0 /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-3.0 /var/lib/neatx/home"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-pipe -O2 -march=athlon64-sse3"
DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--depclean-lib-check=n --with-bdeps=y --keep-going --nospinner"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildsyspkg compressdebug config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="en_GB.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--hash-style=gnu"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_COMPRESS="xz"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/var/cache/portage/gentoo"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/systemd /var/lib/layman/sage-on-gentoo /var/cache/portage/local /var/cache/portage/overlays/enlightenment /var/cache/portage/overlays/kde /var/cache/portage/overlays/sunrise /var/lib/g-ctan"
SYNC="..."
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 avahi bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cdr cjk cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus declarative dri dts dvb dvd dvdr egl emboss encode exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gmp gpm gstreamer gtk ibus iconv ipv6 jpeg jpeg2k kde kipi latex lcms ldap libnotify mad mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib mysql ncurses networkmanager nls nptl ogg openal openexr opengl openmp oss pam pango pch pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit ppds pulseaudio qt3support qt4 readline samba sdl semantic-desktop session speex spell sse sse2 sse3 ssl startup-notification subversion svg systemd tcpd theora threads tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upnp upower usb vorbis wayland x264 xattr xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xscreensaver xv xvid zeroconf zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="stage words flow sheets" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" DRACUT_MODULES="btrfs systemd" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev joystick" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="de" LIRC_DEVICES="devinput" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fglrx" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON

[Comment 2 Dennis Schridde 2013-04-03 01:09:25 UTC]

sys-apps/dbus-1.6.8-r1(17:58:35 30/03/13)(X systemd -debug -doc -selinux -static-libs -test)
sys-apps/systemd-200-r1(19:26:46 02/04/13)(acl gudev introspection kmod pam tcpd xattr -audit -cryptsetup -doc -gcrypt -http -lzma -python -qrcode -selinux -static-libs -vanilla PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7")
net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.6.4-r1(01:42:35 03/04/13)(bluetooth dhcpcd introspection modemmanager nss ppp systemd -avahi -connection-sharing -consolekit -dhclient -doc -gnutls -resolvconf -vala -wext -wimax KERNEL="linux")

[Comment 3 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) 2013-04-03 09:49:34 UTC]

Ah, there's still some detail missing: Can you run `systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service` and `systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service` and provide us the full output from them?

[Comment 4 Dennis Schridde 2013-04-09 19:04:17 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Ah, there's still some detail missing: Can you run `systemctl status
> dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service` and `systemctl status
> dbus-org.bluez.service` and provide us the full output from them?

# systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service
dbus-org.bluez.service
          Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
          Active: inactive (dead)

Since I now enabled the NetworkManager manually instead of relying on the dbus autostart, "systemctl status dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service" shows no errors. Before, it showed the same output as bluez.

It appears that the autostart feature of dbus does not work well together with systemd. Looking at /usr/lib64/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service and /usr/lib64/systemd/system/bluetooth.service -- maybe they are expected to be manually enabled (like I did now)? But that would defeat the purpose of dbus autostart, wouldn't it?

[Comment 5 Pacho Ramos 2013-06-16 12:09:58 UTC]

Can you check with 0.9.8.2?

[Comment 6 Alexander Tsoy 2013-07-23 17:16:24 UTC]

NetworkManagers.service should be enabled anyway imho. Otherwise this symlink is not created:

/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service -> /usr/lib64/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service

[Comment 7 Pacho Ramos 2013-09-29 10:30:00 UTC]

If I don't misremember, this was solved in 0.9.8.4