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

[Ron]

Khalid Baheyeldin wrote on 2026-02-26 13:52:

> I just checked, and found most servers to be fine, though a few had 
> failed units.

You're doing better than me!


> One has:
> plocate-updatedb.timer not-found failed failed plocate-updatedb.timer
> I never use plocate, so I don't care much about that error.

I don't use that either, but it seems installed:

# systemctl list-units plocate*
   UNIT                   LOAD   ACTIVE SUB     DESCRIPTION
   plocate-updatedb.timer loaded active waiting Update the plocate 
database daily



> Another was systemd-networkd-wait-online.service: Wait for Network to be 
> Configured
> This is probably due to having more than one Ethernet, and only one is 
> connected.
> But I saw that on a Raspberry Pi as well, so I am guessing it is the 
> WiFi interface, which I don't use.

I had that too, not sure why.

For now, "fixed" with:

systemctl reset-failed systemd-net*

○ systemd-networkd-wait-online.service - Wait for Network to be Configured
      Loaded: loaded 
(/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service; enabled
      Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2026-02-26 13:02:04 PST; 1h 
26min ago


Again, not sure why it was like that. VPS provider did fiddle with my IP 
assignments, causing lots o' grief.


I'll run `man systemd-networkd-wait-online.service` later to learn more.



Interesting results, thanks.