On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 10:49:25PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > ... > > > > You are in emergency mode. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view > > system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" or "exit" > > to boot into default mode. > > Give root password for maintenance > > (or press Control-D to continue): > > In my case, upgrading glibc to 2.29 (now available in unstable) fixed > the issue.
Verified. Life is now better, if not good :-). This is the first time I've been able to accomplish an "almost clean" boot of my Alpha in MANY months. I say "almost clean", because a recent update managed to break my resolver configuration: "/etc/resolv.conf" came up completely empty, in spite of "/etc/network/interfaces" having the requisite "dns-nameservers" and "dns-search" lines for my primary interface (eth0). The "resolvconf" package is definitely installed, but I'm guessing some new interaction between "systemd", "NetworkManager", and possibly "resolvconf" is, er, ah, unfortunate. --Bob