[kwlug-disc] Degraded systems (all of mine, yours too (probably))

[Ron Singh]

I got this and it's all Esperanto to me --
me at Work-T520:~$ systemctl is-system-running
degraded
me at Work-T520:~$ systemctl list-units --state failed
  UNIT                    LOAD   ACTIVE SUB    DESCRIPTION
    >
● casper-md5check.service loaded failed failed casper-md5check Verify Live
ISO >

Legend: LOAD   → Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
        ACTIVE → The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization
of S>
        SUB    → The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit
typ>

1 loaded units listed.
lines 1-8/8 (END)...skipping...
  UNIT                    LOAD   ACTIVE SUB    DESCRIPTION

● casper-md5check.service loaded failed failed casper-md5check Verify Live
ISO checksums

Legend: LOAD   → Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
        ACTIVE → The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization
of SUB.
        SUB    → The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit
type.


*Ron* * S.*


On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM Ron <ron at bclug.ca> wrote:

>
> For reasons unknown, I ran the following on a machine today:
>
>  > # systemctl is-system-running
>  > degraded
>
> Uh-oh.  *All* my machines were like this. Some due to, i.e., `certbot`
> failing to renew a cert for an expired domain.
>
>
> To find out what's going on, I ran:
>
> # systemctl list-units --state failed
>    UNIT                     LOAD   ACTIVE SUB    DESCRIPTION
>            ● cantonese-milter.service loaded failed failed Rewrite
> Cantonese Word-of-the-Day
>
> LOAD   = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
> ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
> SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
>
> 1 loaded units listed.
>
>
> I was then able to fix the failed unit(s) and now:
>
> # systemctl is-system-running
> running
>
>
>
> Curious, am I really sloppy, or is it common to have a failed unit on
> machines? What are your results?
>
>
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