I just installed fwupd on my system, but when running fwupdmgr help, it timeouts with Failed to connect to daemon: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.fwupd: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.fwupd': timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms) journalctl -b0 --unit=fwupd.service shows Jan 29 12:35:06 devinator systemd[1]: Starting Firmware update daemon... Jan 29 12:35:07 devinator systemd[3135]: fwupd.service: Failed to set up mount namespacing: /run/systemd/unit-root/var/cache/fwupd: No such file or direct> Jan 29 12:35:07 devinator systemd[3135]: fwupd.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/libexec/fwupd/fwupd: No such file or directory Jan 29 12:35:07 devinator systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=226/NAMESPACE Jan 29 12:35:07 devinator systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jan 29 12:35:07 devinator systemd[1]: Failed to start Firmware update daemon. (/usr/libexec/fwupd/fwupd does exist and CONFIG_USER_NS is enabled) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install sys-apps/fwupd-1.2.11 2. Start fwupd.service / run fwupdmgr help Actual Results: fwupd.service does not start Expected Results: fwupd.service starts $ emerge --info sys-apps/fwupd-1.2.11 Portage 2.3.84 (python 3.6.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/gnome/systemd, gcc-9.2.0, glibc-2.29-r7, 4.19.97-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.19.97-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-8265U_CPU_@_1.60GHz-with-gentoo-2.6 KiB Mem: 7645464 total, 5621192 free KiB Swap: 4194300 total, 4194300 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:30:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: 863c825a497d3614d35a73cb2c4c1de95a709ca4 Head commit of repository tlp: c4409992959bd3b98947a68462b91f50e9b1006d sh bash 4.4_p23-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.32 p2) 2.32.0 app-shells/bash: 4.4_p23-r1::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0-r4::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.30.1::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.17::gentoo, 3.6.9::gentoo, 3.7.5-r1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.14.6::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.13::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13-r1::gentoo, 2.69-r4::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.16.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.32-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.9.4-r1::gentoo, 8.3.0-r1::gentoo, 9.2.0-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1-r4::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.19::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.29-r7::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /var/db/repos/gentoo sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 24 sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1 sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes sync-rsync-extra-opts: cpan_overlay location: /usr/local/portage/cpan_overlay masters: gentoo localrepo location: /var/db/repos/localrepo masters: gentoo madoverlay location: <redacted> masters: gentoo tlp location: /var/db/repos/tlp sync-type: git sync-uri: https://github.com/dywisor/tlp-portage masters: gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="@FREE" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /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="-march=native -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/var/cache/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--ask --quiet-build --ask-enter-invalid" ENV_UNSET="DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY GOBIN PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" FCFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles ipc-sandbox merge-sync multilib-strict network-sandbox news parallel-fetch pid-sandbox preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="https://mirror.eu.oneandone.net/linux/distributions/gentoo/gentoo/ http://mirror.eu.oneandone.net/linux/distributions/gentoo/gentoo/ rsync://mirror.eu.oneandone.net/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j7" PKGDIR="/var/cache/binpkgs" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bluetooth bzip2 cairo cli colord crypt cryptsetup cups cxx dbus dri dts eds emacs emboss encode evo exif flac fortran gdbm gif git gnome gnome-keyring gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtk3 iconv icu introspection ipv6 jpeg lcms libnotify libsecret libtirpc mad mng mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib nautilus ncurses networkmanager nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pulseaudio readline sdl seccomp split-usr ssl startup-notification svg systemd tcpd tiff tracker truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis wayland wifi wxwidgets x264 xattr xcb xml xv xvid zlib zsh-completion" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gnat_2018" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" 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="karbon sheets words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx avx2 f16c fma3 mmx mmxext pclmul popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="mouse keyboard libinput" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php7-2" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres10 postgres11" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_6" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_6" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="arm aarch64 i386 x86_64 mips mips64 mipsel mips64el ppc riscv32 riscv64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby25" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965" 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: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= sys-apps/fwupd-1.2.11::gentoo was built with the following: USE="gpg man nvme systemd thunderbolt -agent -colorhug (-consolekit) -dell -doc (-elogind) -pkcs7 -redfish -test -uefi" ABI_X86="(64)" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_6 -python3_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_6 -python3_7" FEATURES="unmerge-orphans unmerge-logs ebuild-locks binpkg-logs sfperms fixlafiles config-protect-if-modified pid-sandbox preserve-libs multilib-strict news distlocks network-sandbox strict userfetch usersandbox binpkg-docompress protect-owned merge-sync userpriv sandbox unknown-features-warn assume-digests xattr binpkg-dostrip ipc-sandbox usersync parallel-fetch"
Manually creating /var/cache/fwupd allows the service to start.
*** Bug 720746 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 734940 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Presumably fixed upstream by either fwupd or systemd, go ahead and reopen if the problem persists with >=fwupd-1.8.0.
