Public bug reported:
Title:
Transmission-daemon systemd service times out on fresh installations
Description:
On a fresh installation of Xubuntu/Ubuntu, the transmission-daemon fails to
start via systemd due to a timeout. The daemon itself runs fine in the
foreground, and manual execution shows no issues. It appears that the systemd
service script is waiting for a readiness message that is no longer sent by the
current version of Transmission.
Steps to Reproduce:
Install Xubuntu/Ubuntu on a fresh system.
Install transmission-daemon using sudo apt install transmission-daemon.
Modify the configuration in /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json as
needed.
Start the service with sudo systemctl start transmission-daemon.
Observe that the service fails with a timeout error.
Expected Behavior:
Transmission-daemon should start without timing out when launched via systemd.
Actual Behavior:
Transmission-daemon starts fine in the foreground but fails to report its
status correctly to systemd, resulting in a timeout error.
Workaround:
Changing the systemd service file by adjusting the ExecStart command to
explicitly specify the configuration directory (e.g., adding --config-dir
/etc/transmission-daemon) and possibly setting Type=simple along with an
increased TimeoutStartSec resolves the issue.
Description: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
Release: 24.04
transmission-daemon:
Installed: 4.0.5-1build5
Candidate: 4.0.5-1build5
Version table:
*** 4.0.5-1build5 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: transmission-daemon 4.0.5-1build5 [modified:
lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-56.58-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-56-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Tue Mar 25 20:39:26 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-03-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 24.04.1 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240827)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: transmission
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.transmission-daemon.README.json: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.transmission-daemon.settings.json: [deleted]
** Affects: transmission (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble
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transmissions daemon not being detected as started up by systemctl
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