Public bug reported: `sudo reboot` fails with
Failed to start reboot.target: Transaction is destructive. Broadcast message from richter@richter-lenovo-IdeaPad-U410 on pts/1 (Sa 2016-02-13 13:36:30 CET): The system is going down for reboot NOW! which seems to be caused by an incomplete suspend as stated in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1441253 which isn't a duplicate because the reason seem to be a btrfs issue there which I don't suffer from. I'd suggest to let the suspend time out, provide the user with the information that a suspend is pending and might timeout or succeed (or something similar, more useful than "Failed to start reboot.target: Transaction is destructive.") so that reboot is possible again after some time. The issue should be fixed in the kernel as well, it makes sense as well to handle this situation in `systemd` because assuming that the kernel is always stable is naive and adding such a timeout improves stability and better feedback usage. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: systemd 225-1ubuntu9.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-29.34-generic 4.2.8-ckt3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Feb 13 13:36:10 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-17 (848 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: LENOVO IdeaPad U410 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-29-generic root=UUID=8c488557-8173-43a2-a3a8-df0a24695c08 ro rootflags=subvol=ubuntu-main-root quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-19 (85 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/25/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. dmi.bios.version: 65CN90WW dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Lenovo dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 31900003WIN8 STD MLT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo U410 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr65CN90WW:bd09/25/2012:svnLENOVO:pnIdeaPadU410:pvrLenovoU410:rvnLENOVO:rnLenovo:rvr31900003WIN8STDMLT:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoU410: dmi.product.name: IdeaPad U410 dmi.product.version: Lenovo U410 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1545272 Title: reboot fails with "Failed to start reboot.target: Transaction is destructive." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1545272/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs