I suppose you were not actually running systemd for this, but upstart (I see this here as well). systemd-shim apparently does not implement that stub. Reassigning and dropping systemd-boot tag.
** Description changed: Get that error logged at the end of the dmesg file. That error seems to - have no sad effect on the system. + have no sad effect on the system: + + [ 30.793181] systemd-logind[1006]: Failed to enable subscription: No + such method 'Subscribe' ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: systemd 208-6ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-4.9-generic 3.16.0-rc5 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-4-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Jul 24 07:25:46 2014 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Tags removed: systemd-boot ** Package changed: systemd (Ubuntu) => systemd-shim (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: systemd-shim (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: systemd-shim (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Summary changed: - systemd-logind: no such method 'subscribe' + shim does not implement 'Subscribe' method called by logind -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to systemd-shim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1348039 Title: shim does not implement 'Subscribe' method called by logind Status in “systemd-shim” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Get that error logged at the end of the dmesg file. That error seems to have no sad effect on the system: [ 30.793181] systemd-logind[1006]: Failed to enable subscription: No such method 'Subscribe' ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: systemd 208-6ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-4.9-generic 3.16.0-rc5 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-4-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Jul 24 07:25:46 2014 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd-shim/+bug/1348039/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp