strange start job running while booting

“A start job is running for dev-disk-by\x2duuid-1014266\X2D9d…device” It has been running for over an hour.

Johnf

My guess would be the resume= partition cannot be found for some reason, usually this is due to changes in the partition layout or going from RAID-to-ACHI or vice versa (or even IDE-to-ACHI).

Suggestion; during the boot menu press E and navigate to where it says resume=/dev… remove that and boot with CTRL+X.

Is it OK to stop the process and reboot?
Johnf

Definitely do so.

removing the resume=/dev did not work???

What is next?
Johnf

Try to find out what “dev-disk-by\x2duuid-1014266\X2D9d.” is. I assume you tried to copy this, but that there are a lot of typos.

Look in /dev/disk/by-uuid/ for that code

ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid

When you find the line with the correct code, it will point to a /dev/sdXN. Take note of that. Or better post that line here.

it points to “…/…/sda3”

Ok, and what is sda3 used for (or do you think it is used for).

To help us to get some overview of your situation it is good to post

fdisk -l

It looks like the install upgrade followed what was created from 42.2 install.

linux-bymi:~ # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 489.1 GiB, 525112713216 bytes, 1025610768 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 4B5B285E-1A41-416D-8A11-6856D22A7C7C

Device ** Start** ** End** ** Sectors** ** Size** Type
/dev/sda1 2048 321535 319488 156M EFI System
/dev/sda2 321536 4530175 4208640 2G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda3 4530176 88422399 83892224 40G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda4 88422400 1025609727 937187328 446.9G Microsoft basic data

Disk /dev/sdb: 953.9 GiB, 1024209543168 bytes, 2000409264 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 4E00B47E-08CF-42F6-B3B7-12FEA7CB4101

Device Start ** End** ** Sectors** ** Size** Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 2000408575 2000406528 953.9G Microsoft basic data

Disk /dev/sdc: 477 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 46C13C67-DB4B-477B-873A-EF89C51EAF58

Device Start ** End** ** Sectors** ** Size** Type
/dev/sdc1 2048 1000214527 1000212480 477G Microsoft basic data

And output of


mount
cat /etc/fstab

linux-bymi:~ # mount
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=16280668k,nr_inodes=4070167,mode=755)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,rdma)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
/dev/sda3 on / type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=1049,subvol=/@/.snapshots/668/snapshot)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=37,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=2697)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda1 on /boot/efi type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed
,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb1 on /u type xfs (rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota)
/dev/sda4 on /home type xfs (rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota)
/dev/sdc1 on /z type xfs (rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota)
/dev/sda3 on /var/log type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=275,subvol=/@/var/log)
/dev/sda3 on /var/lib/mariadb type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=271,subvol=/@/var/lib/mariadb)
/dev/sda3 on /tmp type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=264,subvol=/@/tmp)
/dev/sda3 on /var/lib/machines type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=269,subvol=/@/var/lib/machines)
/dev/sda3 on /var/cache type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=266,subvol=/@/var/cache)
/dev/sda3 on /var/tmp type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=278,subvol=/@/var/tmp)
/dev/sda3 on /var/lib/mysql type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=272,subvol=/@/var/lib/mysql)
/dev/sda3 on /var/lib/named type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=273,subvol=/@/var/lib/named)
/dev/sda3 on /var/opt type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=276,subvol=/@/var/opt)
/dev/sda3 on /opt type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=262,subvol=/@/opt)
/dev/sda3 on /boot/grub2/i386-pc type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=260,subvol=/@/boot/grub2/i386-pc)
/dev/sda3 on /srv type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=263,subvol=/@/srv)
/dev/sda3 on /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=261,subvol=/@/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi)
/dev/sda3 on /var/spool type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=277,subvol=/@/var/spool)
/dev/sda3 on /var/lib/libvirt/images type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=268,subvol=/@/var/lib/libvirt/images)
/dev/sda3 on /var/lib/mailman type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=270,subvol=/@/var/lib/mailman)
/dev/sda3 on /usr/local type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=265,subvol=/@/usr/local)
/dev/sda3 on /.snapshots type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=258,subvol=/@/.snapshots)
/dev/sda3 on /var/lib/pgsql type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=274,subvol=/@/var/lib/pgsql)
/dev/sda3 on /var/crash type btrfs (rw,relatime,ssd,space_cache,subvolid=267,subvol=/@/var/crash)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=3258492k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=100)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
tracefs on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing type tracefs (rw,relatime)
linux-bymi:~ #

linux-bymi:~ # cat /etc/fstab
UUID=9bb6895b-6562-4b06-8fa3-274780093631 swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c / btrfs defaults 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /boot/grub2/i386-pc btrfs subvol=@/boot/grub2/i386-pc 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi btrfs subvol=@/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /opt btrfs subvol=@/opt 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /srv btrfs subvol=@/srv 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /tmp btrfs subvol=@/tmp 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /usr/local btrfs subvol=@/usr/local 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/cache btrfs subvol=@/var/cache 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/crash btrfs subvol=@/var/crash 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/lib/libvirt/images btrfs subvol=@/var/lib/libvirt/images 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/lib/machines btrfs subvol=@/var/lib/machines 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/lib/mailman btrfs subvol=@/var/lib/mailman 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/lib/mariadb btrfs subvol=@/var/lib/mariadb 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/lib/mysql btrfs subvol=@/var/lib/mysql 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/lib/named btrfs subvol=@/var/lib/named 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/lib/pgsql btrfs subvol=@/var/lib/pgsql 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/log btrfs subvol=@/var/log 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/opt btrfs subvol=@/var/opt 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/spool btrfs subvol=@/var/spool 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /var/tmp btrfs subvol=@/var/tmp 0 0
UUID=10142a66-21a5-4c53-a9da-f02ad3e8c23c /.snapshots btrfs subvol=@/.snapshots 0 0
UUID=9AC0-54F7 /boot/efi vfat umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
UUID=b91315f5-0932-47a1-8cfb-a43033f2c203 /home xfs defaults 1 2
/dev/sdb1 /u xfs defaults 1 2
/dev/sdc1 /z xfs defaults 1 2
linux-bymi:~ #

Oops, please, please:
There is an important, but not easy to find feature on the forums.

Please in the future use CODE tags around copied/pasted computer text in a post. It is the # button in the tool bar of the post editor. When applicable copy/paste complete, that is including the prompt, the command, the output and the next prompt.

From the fdisk listing I see that it is 40 GB and that looks as the default for an openSUSE root partition with Btrfs.

and that is confirmed by your mount list:

/dev/sda3 on / type btrfs

Very strange that it has then a problem as you show because it is apparently there and can be used.

I hope I remember that tag.
Johnf

I am using a snapshot from an earlier time and that works but that does not include the latest updates???

Is there another solution??

Johnf

You should. IMHO it is not difficult to remember that every time you post copied/pasted text from a terminal window and you see that it does not look the same as on the terminal, but malformed.

An earlier snapshot will not have the updates later then the snapshot is taken. That is where snapshots are for.

As it now looks that this is introduced with an update, I assume this is worth a bug report where you can explain after which update it was introduced.
For that you can go to: Bugzilla Main Page
You can use the same username password as here (it could even be that you are already logged in when you are still in the forums).
More info: openSUSE:Submitting bug reports - openSUSE Wiki