<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I got this and it's all Esperanto to me --<br><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">me@Work-T520:~$ systemctl is-system-running<br>degraded<br>me@Work-T520:~$ systemctl list-units --state failed<br> UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION ><br>\u25cf casper-md5check.service loaded failed failed casper-md5check Verify Live ISO ><br><br>Legend: LOAD \u2192 Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.<br> ACTIVE \u2192 The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of S><br> SUB \u2192 The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit typ><br><br>1 loaded units listed.<br>lines 1-8/8 (END)...skipping...<br> UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION <br>\u25cf casper-md5check.service loaded failed failed casper-md5check Verify Live ISO checksums<br><br>Legend: LOAD \u2192 Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.<br> ACTIVE \u2192 The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.<br> SUB \u2192 The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.<br></span><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Ron<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"></span></span></font></i><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"> </span></span></font></i><i><font size="4"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"></span> S.</span></font></i></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 4:27\u202fPM Ron <<a href="mailto:ron@bclug.ca">ron@bclug.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
For reasons unknown, I ran the following on a machine today:<br>
<br>
> # systemctl is-system-running<br>
> degraded<br>
<br>
Uh-oh. *All* my machines were like this. Some due to, i.e., `certbot` <br>
failing to renew a cert for an expired domain.<br>
<br>
<br>
To find out what's going on, I ran:<br>
<br>
# systemctl list-units --state failed<br>
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION <br>
\u25cf cantonese-milter.service loaded failed failed Rewrite <br>
Cantonese Word-of-the-Day<br>
<br>
LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.<br>
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.<br>
SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.<br>
<br>
1 loaded units listed.<br>
<br>
<br>
I was then able to fix the failed unit(s) and now:<br>
<br>
# systemctl is-system-running<br>
running<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Curious, am I really sloppy, or is it common to have a failed unit on <br>
machines? What are your results?<br>
<br>
<br>
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