I also hit this again in focal on 2020-06-25, with an update to systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.1; I had previously updated dbus to 1.12.16-2ubuntu2.1 on 2020-06-17 without event. It's still an issue at least with updates to systemd in focal.
Similar messages end up in the journal: Jun 25 13:04:55 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:04:55 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:04:55 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:04:55 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:05:09 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:10 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:05:10 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:10 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:05:10 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:10 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Jun 25 13:05:10 kryten systemd[1]: Reloading. Jun 25 13:05:11 kryten systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/dbus.socket:5: ListenStream= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket → /run/dbus/system_bus_socket; please update the unit file accordingly. Jun 25 13:05:11 kryten systemd[1]: /lib/systemd/system/fancontrol.service:11: PIDFile= references a path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/fancontrol.pid → /run/fancontrol.pid; please update the unit file accordingly. Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten systemd[1]: We couldn't coldplug machine-qemu\x2d1\x2dkeybase\x2dbionic\x2damd64.scope, proceeding anyway: Connection timed out Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten dbus-daemon[1541]: [system] Reloaded configuration Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=rtkit-daemon comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=switcheroo-control comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=polkit comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=colord comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten ModemManager[1689]: <info> Caught signal, shutting down... Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten thermald[1605]: [WARN]Terminating ... Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=upower comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten audit[1541]: USER_AVC pid=1541 uid=105 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_signal" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager" interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" member="CheckPermissions" name=":1.9" mask="receive" pid=4082 label="bitlbee" pe> exe="/usr/bin/dbus-daemon" sauid=105 hostname=? addr=? terminal=?' Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=accounts-daemon comm="systemd" exe="/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten systemd[1]: udisks2.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten bluetoothd[1536]: Terminating Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten systemd[1]: switcheroo-control.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten avahi-daemon[1535]: Got SIGTERM, quitting. Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten systemd[1]: accounts-daemon.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Jun 25 13:05:36 kryten wpa_supplicant[1612]: nl80211: deinit ifname=p2p-dev-wlp4s0 disabled_11b_rates=0 ** Changed in: dbus (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed ** Changed in: dbus (Ubuntu Focal) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1871538 Title: dbus timeout-ed during an upgrade, taking services down including gdm Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in dbus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in accountsservice source package in Focal: Invalid Status in dbus source package in Focal: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell source package in Focal: Invalid Bug description: This morning I found my computer on the login screen. But not the one of the screen log, no a new one - so something must have crashed. Logging in again confirmed that all apps were gone and the gnome shell was brought down what seems like triggered by a background update o accountsservice. As always things are not perfectly clear :-/ The following goes *back* in time through my logs one by one. Multiple apps crashed at 06:09, but we will find later that this is a follow on issue of the underlying gnome/X/... recycling. -rw-r----- 1 paelzer whoopsie 52962868 Apr 8 06:09 _usr_bin_konversation.1000.crash -rw-r----- 1 paelzer whoopsie 986433 Apr 8 06:09 _usr_lib_x86_64-linux-gnu_libexec_drkonqi.1000.crash rdkit was failing fast and giving up (that will be a different bug, it just seems broken on my system): Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: Started RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1729333]: Successfully called chroot. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1729333]: Successfully dropped privileges. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1729333]: Successfully limited resources. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1729333]: pthread_create failed: Resource temporarily unavailable Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1729333]: Canary thread running. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1729333]: Exiting canary thread. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1729333]: Demoting known real-time threads. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel rtkit-daemon[1729333]: Demoted 0 threads. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel dbus-daemon[1208]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1' unit='rtkit-daemon.service' requested by ':1.1176' (uid=121 pid=> Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: Failed to start RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service. Apr 08 06:10:13 Keschdeichel bluetoothd[1729331]: Bluetooth daemon 5.53 But that already was only triggered by a gnome restart that kicked of earlier: Apr 08 06:09:27 Keschdeichel systemd[1726656]: Started GNOME Shell on Wayland. Apr 08 06:09:27 Keschdeichel systemd[1726656]: Reached target GNOME Shell on Wayland. Apr 08 06:09:27 Keschdeichel systemd[1726656]: Reached target GNOME Session is initialized. Apr 08 06:09:27 Keschdeichel systemd[1726656]: Reached target GNOME Wayland Session. Apr 08 06:09:27 Keschdeichel systemd[1726656]: Reached target GNOME Session (session: gnome-login). X was recycleing before: Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[10683]: Stopping GNOME Shell on X11... ... Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[10710]: (EE) systemd-logind: ReleaseControl failed: Unknown object '/org/freedesktop/login1/session/_32'. Apr 08 06:09:22 Keschdeichel /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[10710]: (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file. It seems like some internal service broke and everything that followed was a secondary issue to that: Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: wpa_supplicant.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: thermald.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel thermald[1256]: [WARN]Terminating ... Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Got SIGTERM, quitting. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: udisks2.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel ModemManager[1308]: <info> Caught signal, shutting down... Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: switcheroo-control.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface vnet0.IPv6 with address fe80::fc54:ff:fe78:26c2. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: accounts-daemon.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface strswanbr2.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.0. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: gdm.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface virbr0.IPv4 with address 192.168.122.1. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface strswanbr1.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.0. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: systemd-machined.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lxdbr0.IPv6 with address fd42:fa18:c923:35d5::1. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd-machined[1255]: Failed to drop reference to machine scope, ignoring: Transport endpoint is not connected Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lxdbr0.IPv4 with address 10.253.194.1. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: switcheroo-control.service: Succeeded. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlp4s0.IPv6 with address fe80::6832:c873:a074:2c7b. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: systemd-machined.service: Succeeded. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel bluetoothd[1724347]: Terminating Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: avahi-daemon.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlp4s0.IPv4 with address 10.7.0.42. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: ModemManager.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enp0s31f6.IPv6 with address fe80::80a8:743:6b37:e561. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: polkit.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enp0s31f6.IPv4 with address 10.7.0.69. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: bolt.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lo.IPv6 with address ::1. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface lo.IPv4 with address 127.0.0.1. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: packagekit.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel wpa_supplicant[1265]: nl80211: deinit ifname=p2p-dev-wlp4s0 disabled_11b_rates=0 Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: colord.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: upower.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: bluetooth.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Unexpected error response from GetNameOwner(): Connection terminated Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel xdg-desktop-por[11011]: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel NetworkManager[1209]: <info> [1586318959.7797] caught SIGTERM, shutting down normally. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel avahi-daemon[1204]: avahi-daemon 0.7 exiting. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: rtkit-daemon.service: Succeeded. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: Starting Process error reports when automatic reporting is enabled... Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: colord.service: Succeeded. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[10683]: Stopped target GNOME X11 Session (session: ubuntu). Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[10683]: Stopped target Current graphical user session. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[10683]: unicast-local-avahi.path: Succeeded. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[10683]: Stopped Path trigger for Avahi .local domain notifications. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel systemd[10683]: update-notifier-release.path: Succeeded. Apr 08 06:09:19 Keschdeichel gnome-shell[11036]: gnome-shell: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. The last things before was systemd reload - maybe due to a background upgrade? Apr 08 06:08:54 Keschdeichel dbus-daemon[1208]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Apr 08 06:08:54 Keschdeichel dbus-daemon[1208]: [system] Reloaded configuration Apr 08 06:08:54 Keschdeichel dbus-daemon[1208]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Apr 08 06:08:54 Keschdeichel dbus-daemon[1208]: [system] Reloaded configuration Apr 08 06:08:54 Keschdeichel dbus-daemon[1208]: Unknown group "power" in message bus configuration file Apr 08 06:08:54 Keschdeichel systemd[1]: Reloading. And indeed there was an upgrade going on: 40773 2020-04-08 06:08:46 status installed libc-bin:amd64 2.31-0ubuntu7 40774 2020-04-08 06:08:54 startup archives unpack 40775 2020-04-08 06:08:54 upgrade accountsservice:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 0.6.55-0ubuntu11 40776 2020-04-08 06:08:54 status half-configured accountsservice:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 40777 2020-04-08 06:08:54 status unpacked accountsservice:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 40778 2020-04-08 06:08:54 status half-installed accountsservice:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 40779 2020-04-08 06:08:54 status triggers-pending dbus:amd64 1.12.16-2ubuntu2 40780 2020-04-08 06:09:19 status unpacked accountsservice:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu11 40781 2020-04-08 06:09:20 upgrade libaccountsservice0:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 0.6.55-0ubuntu11 40782 2020-04-08 06:09:20 status triggers-pending libc-bin:amd64 2.31-0ubuntu7 40783 2020-04-08 06:09:20 status half-configured libaccountsservice0:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 40784 2020-04-08 06:09:20 status unpacked libaccountsservice0:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 40785 2020-04-08 06:09:20 status half-installed libaccountsservice0:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu10 40786 2020-04-08 06:09:20 status unpacked libaccountsservice0:amd64 0.6.55-0ubuntu11 Nothing suspicious before that time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: accountsservice 0.6.55-0ubuntu11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-45.37~18.04.1-generic 5.3.18 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-45-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu24 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Apr 8 07:51:03 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-12 (543 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: accountsservice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-03 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1871538/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp