This makes me think pid1 is dead, since the notification socket is apparently down. Can you please try booting with these options appended to the kernel command line?
systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=console console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty1 Hopefully that will give us more information to debug this. ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1992979 Title: kinetic ppc64le reporting Failed to send WATCHDOG=1 notification message: Transport endpoint is not connected Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Upgraded from Jammy to Kinetic (14 Oct 2022) on ppc64le in QEMU, single CPU, 1GB memory, rebooted, can NO longer login. Stuck in systems boot phase. Attached is an image of the hang To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1992979/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp