Cockpit won't start on Leap 15.6: Trigger limit hit

[PolderPenguin]

I’m sorry but I followed all the advices given to make Cockpit (that I installed from Discover) run in my browser on localhost:9090. The browser Firefox cannot make contact with the server on localhost:9090/ Yes, I changed the passwd, group and shadow in etc/nsswitch.conf … but still the result is the same.

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systemctl status cockpit.socket
× cockpit.socket - Cockpit Web Service Socket
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cockpit.socket; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: trigger-limit-hit) since Sat 2025-11-15 17:06:48 CET; 28min ago
Duration: 1min 47.071s
Triggers: ● cockpit.service
Docs: man:cockpit-ws(8)
Listen: [::]:9090 (Stream)
Process: 1797 ExecStartPost=/usr/share/cockpit/motd/update-motd localhost (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1805 ExecStartPost=/bin/ln -snf active.motd /run/cockpit/motd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3929 ExecStopPost=/bin/ln -snf inactive.motd /run/cockpit/motd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 21ms

Nov 15 17:05:01 Sysa6PC systemd[1]: Starting Cockpit Web Service Socket…
Nov 15 17:05:01 Sysa6PC systemd[1]: Listening on Cockpit Web Service Socket.
Nov 15 17:06:48 Sysa6PC systemd[1]: cockpit.socket: Trigger limit hit, refusing further activation.
Nov 15 17:06:48 Sysa6PC systemd[1]: cockpit.socket: Failed with result ‘trigger-limit-hit’.

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What is this “trigger limit hit”?
Thanks for any answer that could help me (I’m afraid what this will mean for Leap 16.0 …)

[Sauerland]

@PolderPenguin

cockpit.socket: Failed with result ‘trigger-limit-hit’.

cockpit.socket crashes after attempt to access it over http/s port 9090

I had problems with entries in the /etc/nsswitch.conf, you need:

passwd:         compat systemd
group:          compat [SUCCESS=merge] systemd
shadow:         compat systemd
# Allow initgroups to default to the setting for group.
# initgroups:   compat

hosts:          files mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns

[Sauerland]

But cockpit in Leap 15.6 has not all plugins as in Leap 16.0, so no need to install cocpit.

Also Yast is available…

[arvidjaar]

@PolderPenguin

What is this “trigger limit hit”?

It means that the service triggered by the socket unit failed to start too often.

Your post is unreadable. Use preformatted text to post computer output.

@Sauerland

you need

Not on Leap 15.6, no.