Sysvinit works, Systemd doesn't [Solved]

[zoli62]

use blkid & lsblk to check the actual UUID.

And if I looked at the current UUID, what else to do?

[Richard]

As root, make a backup of the file, /etc/fstab, of the distro controlling the boot.

Compare the UUID of swap partition to the result of blkid from fstab of distro controlling the boot.
If different, then change the UUID in /etc/fstab and reboot.

Note:
blkid gives all the info though not formatted very well.

sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID
is more legible format
and
lsblk -f
is easier & legible! [Thanks @ fehlix]

[zoli62]

As root, make a backup of the file, /etc/fstab, of the distro controlling the boot.

Compare the UUID of swap partition to the result of blkid from fstab of distro controlling the boot.
If different, then change the UUID in /etc/fstab and reboot.

Note:
blkid gives all the info though not formatted very well.

sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID
is more legible format

I made changes to the swap, including, of course, disabling it, the situation remained the same. The problem may be caused by the EFI partition, but other distributions with systemd installed on the machine are working fine.

[dolphin_oracle]

Our efi partition is mounted in fstab as well.

Strticlty speaking it’s not required to mount it at all. So you can comment the line out in fstab and see if that helps

[Richard]

@DO, yes I thought about that.
There is more automation that probably obviates the need to tweak fstab.

I think you are correct, the issue is deeper than fstab.
I have only ever used systemd for a while when Manjaro went there.
My main reason for hopping away from Manjaro.

[zoli62]

Our efi partition is mounted in fstab as well.

Strticlty speaking it’s not required to mount it at all. So you can comment the line out in fstab and see if that helps

Bingo!

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Thank you, that was the solution. This thread was very instructive. :) What could have caused the EFI partition problem? Maybe the reason for the error was that it was created during the installation of another distribution? I will now tell you that this is a test laptop with a quad boot (Windows 10, MX Linux, Kubuntu, EndeavourOS). Grub is handled by Kubuntu.

[zoli62]

@DO, yes I thought about that.
There is more automation that probably obviates the need to tweak fstab.

I think you are correct, the issue is deeper than fstab.
I have only ever used systemd for a while when Manjaro went there.
My main reason for hopping away from Manjaro.

Haven't tried EndeavourOS? Although it also works with systemd.

[zoli62]

Many years ago, systemd would go to emegency shell
if the swap was formatted during installation of another distro.
UUID of swap changed.
Maybe it still does?

Final solution.
You're right, it wasn't just the swap partition that was the problem, but the EFI partition, whose UUID changed for some mysterious reason. I think this may have been when I installed Kubuntu on this laptop after installing the other distributions. As soon as I changed the UUID of the EFI partition in the fstab file to the one in the output of the lsblk -o command, the system started immediately, smoothly with no problems. Thanks for the tip, a lesson is that if you have multiple operating systems installed on a drive in a row, you should pay attention to that as well.

[dolphin_oracle]

Many years ago, systemd would go to emegency shell
if the swap was formatted during installation of another distro.
UUID of swap changed.
Maybe it still does?

Final solution.
You're right, it wasn't just the swap partition that was the problem, but the EFI partition, whose UUID changed for some mysterious reason. I think this may have been when I installed Kubuntu on this laptop after installing the other distributions. As soon as I changed the UUID of the EFI partition in the fstab file to the one in the output of the lsblk -o command, the system started immediately, smoothly with no problems. Thanks for the tip, a lesson is that if you have multiple operating systems installed on a drive in a row, you should pay attention to that as well.

I'm thinking the EFI partition is being formatted by whatever installer kubuntu is using. formatting the partition changes the UUID.

[zoli62]

Many years ago, systemd would go to emegency shell
if the swap was formatted during installation of another distro.
UUID of swap changed.
Maybe it still does?

Final solution.
You're right, it wasn't just the swap partition that was the problem, but the EFI partition, whose UUID changed for some mysterious reason. I think this may have been when I installed Kubuntu on this laptop after installing the other distributions. As soon as I changed the UUID of the EFI partition in the fstab file to the one in the output of the lsblk -o command, the system started immediately, smoothly with no problems. Thanks for the tip, a lesson is that if you have multiple operating systems installed on a drive in a row, you should pay attention to that as well.

I'm thinking the EFI partition is being formatted by whatever installer kubuntu is using. formatting the partition changes the UUID.

Thanks for everything. This may have been the cause of the problem. One often does not pay attention to such a banal thing. For example, for multiple boot, installing the most recent distribution may affect the previous ones.