http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=941106 Bug ID: 941106 Summary: Can't log in to text console because Systemd messages clobber text consoles every second if X doesn't work Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 201505* Hardware: x86-64 OS: SUSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: shundhammer@suse.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- After updating all packages to the latest Tumbleweed, I got a new kernel, had to reboot, and wanted to reinstall the NVidia drivers. But I was never able to even log in (on a text console) because I got messages from systemd every second (or faster): systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 470... systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 470. systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 470... systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 470... systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 470. systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 470... systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 470... systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 470. systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 470... systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 470... systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 470. systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 470... etc. Switching to text console 2 / 3 / 4 didn't help: It would immediately switch back to text console 1 with those messages. UID 470 is 'gdm' (the Gnome Display Manager). The message by itself is perfectly legal because X11 didn't work at that time (still trying to use the old NVidia kernel module and X11 driver), but repeating it forever does not make any sense. Basically, this made my system completely unusable: No X11 login, no text console login. I could only fix it with ssh login from another machine. For a normal user, this kind of thing is probably a complete showstopper that would make him reinstall the system. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.