I ran into the same problem this morning unfortunately :( The relevant journalctl output (it is quite similar to Javier's) ================= journalctl =================== May 01 12:50:13 archM systemd[1]: Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket. May 01 12:50:13 archM systemd[1]: Starting D-Bus System Message Bus Socket. ... May 01 12:50:13 archM systemd[1]: Starting Login Service... ... May 01 12:50:42 archM dbus[286]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' unit='polkit.service' May 01 12:50:42 archM systemd[1]: Unit systemd-logind.service entered failed state. May 01 12:50:42 archM systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service failed. May 01 12:50:42 archM systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service has no holdoff time, scheduling restart. ... May 01 12:50:41 archM systemd-logind[279]: Failed to enable subscription: Connection timed out May 01 12:50:41 archM systemd-logind[279]: Failed to fully start up daemon: Connection timed out May 01 12:50:41 archM systemd[1]: Failed to register name: Connection timed out May 01 12:50:41 archM systemd[1]: Failed to set up API bus: Connection timed out May 01 12:50:41 archM systemd[1]: Starting D-Bus System Message Bus... ... May 01 12:51:05 archM systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little. May 01 12:51:07 archM systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little. May 01 12:51:07 archM dbus[286]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1': timed out May 01 12:51:07 archM ModemManager[275]: <warn> failed to create PolicyKit authority: 'Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached' May 01 12:51:07 archM NetworkManager[276]: <error> [1430464867.217039] [nm-auth-manager.c:449] _dbus_new_proxy_cb(): auth: could not get polkit proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut: Activation of org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 timed out May 01 12:51:05 archM systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little. May 01 12:51:07 archM systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little. May 01 12:51:07 archM dbus[286]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1': timed out .... May 01 12:51:08 archM systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little. May 01 12:51:08 archM dbus[286]: [system] Failed to activate service 'fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1': timed out ... ==================================== Every line in /etc/systemd/logind.conf is commented out ------- $ grep '^[^#]' /etc/systemd/logind.conf [Login] ------- For me, multiple (3-4 times) reboots did not fix it, the systemd-logind service failed each time and I never saw any of the ttys or display manager (sddm). I was able to do some basic debugging and use pacman via the systemd debug shell on tty9 As per the pacman logs systemd 219 was installed on 24th and I have booted up the machine at least a couple of times since then but only hit the issue this morning. ----- [2015-04-24 23:31] [ALPM] upgraded systemd (219-5 -> 219-6) ----- I am not sure whether it is related but the difference between booting the machine yesterday and this morning, were these package upgrades from last night. ---------------- [2015-05-01 01:12] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade [2015-05-01 01:12] [ALPM] transaction started [2015-05-01 01:12] [ALPM] upgraded readline (6.3.006-1 -> 6.3.008-1) [2015-05-01 01:12] [ALPM] upgraded kdelibs (4.14.7-1 -> 4.14.7-2) [2015-05-01 01:12] [ALPM] upgraded kdebase-lib (15.04.0-2 -> 15.04.0-3) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] upgraded kio (5.9.0-1 -> 5.9.0-2) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] upgraded kdebase-dolphin (15.04.0-2 -> 15.04.0-3) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] upgraded kdebase-kdialog (15.04.0-2 -> 15.04.0-3) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] upgraded kdebase-keditbookmarks (15.04.0-2 -> 15.04.0-3) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] upgraded kdebase-kfind (15.04.0-2 -> 15.04.0-3) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] upgraded kdebase-konqueror (15.04.0-2 -> 15.04.0-3) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] upgraded kdebase-konq-plugins (15.04.0-2 -> 15.04.0-3) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] upgraded mlt (0.9.6-5 -> 0.9.6-6) [2015-05-01 01:13] [ALPM] transaction completed ---------------- Using pacman via the debug shell I downgraded these packages and reinstalled polkit, polkit-kde and polkit-kde-frameworks. ---------------- [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] transaction started [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded readline (6.3.008-1 -> 6.3.006-1) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kdelibs (4.14.7-2 -> 4.14.7-1) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kdebase-lib (15.04.0-3 -> 15.04.0-2) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kio (5.9.0-2 -> 5.9.0-1) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kdebase-dolphin (15.04.0-3 -> 15.04.0-2) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kdebase-kdialog (15.04.0-3 -> 15.04.0-2) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kdebase-keditbookmarks (15.04.0-3 -> 15.04.0-2) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kdebase-kfind (15.04.0-3 -> 15.04.0-2) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kdebase-konqueror (15.04.0-3 -> 15.04.0-2) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded kdebase-konq-plugins (15.04.0-3 -> 15.04.0-2) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] downgraded mlt (0.9.6-6 -> 0.9.6-5) [2015-05-01 14:41] [ALPM] transaction completed ..... [2015-05-01 14:43] [ALPM] transaction started [2015-05-01 14:43] [ALPM] reinstalled polkit (0.112-2) [2015-05-01 14:43] [ALPM] reinstalled polkit-kde-frameworks (5.2.2-1) [2015-05-01 14:43] [ALPM] reinstalled polkit-kde (0.99.0-5) [2015-05-01 14:43] [ALPM] transaction completed ---------------- After that my system booted up normally as it had done yesterday (with the ttys and sddm) Sorry for the long post ! -- Nandan Vaidya ~ Less is more ~
