[Solved]cgmanager fails to start

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[Solved]cgmanager fails to start

Post by aakerbeere »

Hi
After upgrading to Tara I get "Failed to start Cgroup management daemon" during boot.
Using systemctl status cgmanager.service gets:

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● cgmanager.service - Cgroup management daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cgmanager.service; enabled; vendor preset
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2018-07-28 14:45:53 CEST; 3min 5
  Process: 1498 ExecStart=/sbin/cgmanager -m name=systemd (code=exited, status=1
 Main PID: 1498 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: Stopped Cgroup management daemon.
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: Started Cgroup management daemon.
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: cgmanager.service: Main process exited, c
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: cgmanager.service: Failed with result 'ex
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: cgmanager.service: Service hold-off time 
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: cgmanager.service: Scheduled restart job,
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: Stopped Cgroup management daemon.
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: cgmanager.service: Start request repeated
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: cgmanager.service: Failed with result 'ex
Jul 28 14:45:53 5CD3052XJ4 systemd[1]: Failed to start Cgroup management daemon.
I don't know if I have to eliminate and if yes I don't know how.
Some help would be great.
thx
markus
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Re: cgmanager fails to start

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...there is no cgmanager in Bionic / Mint 19.
Theoritically, you could try sudo systemctl disable cgmanager (or mask instead of disable)...or purge cgmanager altogether.
Since it's an upgrade though & not a clean install, i'd start by trying to disable such first.
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Re: cgmanager fails to start

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thx

I disabled as proposed.
Error has gone. Boots without any error.
Next step will probably be to purge. Can this done by "apt-get purge cgmanager"?
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Re: cgmanager fails to start

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...i'd say yes myself - but just in case, when doing so, do take a note of any possible dependencies removed with it...
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Re: cgmanager fails to start

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... no dependencies.

but what about "libcgmanager0"?
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Re: cgmanager fails to start

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aakerbeere, pretty much anything related to cgmanager is obsolete under Mint 19...
(ie. the reason i said to take note of dependencies is because when doing an upgrade instead of a 'clean' install,
it's certainly not unheard of ending up with newer packages half-installed and/or older ones not removed...)
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Re: cgmanager fails to start

Post by aakerbeere »

Thank you thx-1138

I purged "libcgmanager0" as well as "upstart". No more issues.
I did appreciate very much your help.

Cheers
Markus
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Re: [Solved]cgmanager fails to start

Post by cornholiocyrx »

I can confirm this solution worked for me too! Cheers everyone!
Taurus Forever

Re: [Solved]cgmanager fails to start

Post by Taurus Forever »

Confirmed the fix:

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> sudo systemctl stop cgmanager.service
> sudo systemctl disable cgmanager.service
> sudo apt-get purge upstart libcgmanager0 cgmanager
> sudo reboot
Selousie

Re: [Solved]cgmanager fails to start

Post by Selousie »

Taurus Forever wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:22 am Confirmed the fix:

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> sudo systemctl stop cgmanager.service
> sudo systemctl disable cgmanager.service
> sudo apt-get purge upstart libcgmanager0 cgmanager
> sudo reboot
Thanks! fixed now :)
khprakash

Re: [Solved]cgmanager fails to start

Post by khprakash »

Failed to start Cgroup management daemon
and not able to boot the desktop.

Itried these
> sudo systemctl stop cgmanager.service
> sudo systemctl disable cgmanager.service
> sudo apt-get purge upstart libcgmanager0 cgmanager
> sudo reboot
khprakash

Re: [Solved]cgmanager fails to start

Post by khprakash »

This is not working , I tried below commands

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> sudo systemctl stop cgmanager.service
> sudo systemctl disable cgmanager.service
> sudo apt-get purge upstart libcgmanager0 cgmanager
> sudo reboot
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Re: [Solved]cgmanager fails to start

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what error, if any, did you get ?.
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Re: [Solved]cgmanager fails to start

Post by khprakash »

After reboot, it is same error
failed to start cgroup management daemon
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Re: [Solved]cgmanager fails to start

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Hello, khprakash.

I guess you misunderstood Pierr's question.
Please, execute each of the first 3 commands and post the screen output which they display:
  • sudo systemctl stop cgmanager.service
  • sudo systemctl disable cgmanager.service
  • sudo apt-get purge upstart libcgmanager0 cgmanager
Then reboot.

Best regards,
Karl
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