What about a fix for 18.04 LTS. I am experiencing the same probleme for weeks on BTRFS:
journalctl -b 0 -u systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service -- Logs begin at Fri 2018-07-06 11:06:42 CEST, end at Thu 2018-12-13 11:48:29 CET. -- Dez 13 11:33:38 Asuspro systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Dez 13 11:33:38 Asuspro systemd-tmpfiles[831]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/var": Bad file descriptor Dez 13 11:33:38 Asuspro systemd-tmpfiles[831]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/home": Bad file descriptor Dez 13 11:33:38 Asuspro systemd-tmpfiles[831]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/srv": Bad file descriptor Dez 13 11:33:38 Asuspro systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Dez 13 11:33:38 Asuspro systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dez 13 11:33:38 Asuspro systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories. Dez 13 11:33:39 Asuspro systemd[1]: Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Dez 13 11:33:39 Asuspro systemd-tmpfiles[1013]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/var": Bad file descriptor Dez 13 11:33:39 Asuspro systemd-tmpfiles[1013]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/home": Bad file descriptor Dez 13 11:33:39 Asuspro systemd-tmpfiles[1013]: Failed to create directory or subvolume "/srv": Bad file descriptor Dez 13 11:33:39 Asuspro systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Dez 13 11:33:39 Asuspro systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dez 13 11:33:39 Asuspro systemd[1]: Failed to start Create Volatile Files and Directories. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1804603 Title: systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service fails on btrfs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1804603/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs