Ubuntu
biometryd package

biometryd upstart job triggers reboot watchdog

Bug #1595933 reported by Jean-Baptiste Lallement
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
Fix Released
Critical
Thomas Voß
Canonical System Image 12 "OTA12"
biometryd (Ubuntu)
In Progress
Critical
Thomas Voß

Bug Description

arale/rc-proposed 359

The devices (verified on arale and krillin) don't boot on first boot after upgrade. It boots fine after forcing a reboot with the power button.

Related branches

lp://staging/~thomas-voss/biometryd/do-not-wait-for-property-service
Michał Sawicz: Needs Fixing
Diff: 12 lines (+0/-2)
1 file modified
data/biometryd.conf (+0/-2)
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
tags: added: lt-blocker regression-proposed
Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: New → Confirmed
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Víctor R. Ruiz (vrruiz) wrote :

Reproduced in

current build number: 10
device name: turbo
channel: ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/meizu-pd.en-proposed

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Víctor R. Ruiz (vrruiz) wrote :

Reproduced also in

current build number: 73
device name: frieza
channel: ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/bq-aquaris-pd.en-proposed

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
summary: - devices don't boot on first boot after upgrade
+ devices don't boot on first boot after upgrade or fresh flash
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
importance: Undecided → Critical
milestone: none → 12
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote : Re: devices don't boot on first boot after upgrade or fresh flash

On krillin rc-proposed 365 I reproduced this issue by upgrading the following packages (content of silo 41 https://requests.ci-train.ubuntu.com/#/ticket/1199)

biometryd-bin
libbiometryd0
qml-module-biometryd accountsservice-ubuntu-schemas
accountsservice-ubuntu-touch-schemas
gsettings-ubuntu-schemas
libsystemsettings1
qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-settings-components
ubuntu-system-settings
unity8
unity8-common
unity8-private

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee: nobody → Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in biometryd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

it is also reproducible with a reset of the device.

Removing biometryd upstart job /fixes/ the issue.

Michał Sawicz (saviq)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in biometryd (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
importance: Undecided → Critical
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Selene ToyKeeper (toykeeper) wrote :

Not sure about anyone else, but power cycling isn't getting my devices to boot. I'm just planning to skip this image and get automated tests running again on the next one.

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dinamic (dinamic6661) wrote :

same here arale rc-proposed/r360 but started with r359

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

From syslog on a device affected:

root@ubuntu-phablet:~# grep watchdog /var/log/syslog
Jun 27 07:45:13 ubuntu-phablet watchdog: 'biometryd' (instance '') hit respawn limit - rebooting
Jun 27 07:49:35 ubuntu-phablet watchdog: 'biometryd' (instance '') hit respawn limit - not rebooting as rebooted recently

summary: - devices don't boot on first boot after upgrade or fresh flash
+ biometryd upstart job triggers reboot watchdog
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

 biometryd (0.0.1+15.04.20160627.2-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium
 .
   * If default device cannot be instantiated, exit cleanly with success
     to prevent respawn watchdog from triggering.

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan)
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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