Discussed on IRC again. cgmanager changes the systemd controller and thus interferes with systemd. Also, in Ubuntu (not upstream or in Debian), we have a systemd patch to put logind sessions into all cgroup controllers (not just the systemd one) for supporting LXC user containers, which would potentially collide with cgmanager again. So it seems we can't really run them side by side, and UAL needs to call either cgmanager's or systemd's API for cgroup creation.
** Changed in: cgmanager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cgmanager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1400394 Title: Unity8 fails to start applications under systemd init (cgmanager issue?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cgmanager/+bug/1400394/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs