systemctl has stopped running with problem below. Reinstalled “less” with no change. Perhaps cause is ncurses version problem. I have only done standard sudo zypper dup updates and nothing special with these packages.
base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ systemctl --help
less: symbol lookup error: less: undefined symbol: _nc_cur_term, version NCURSES6_TINFO_5.7.20081102
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
I think problem is that systemctl might need sudo but I do think it used to run as user. Perhaps my query is in error. But, usually different messages show when a process needs sudo.
thanks, tom kosvic
Try this argument to see the results (notice I execute as regular user):
user@machine :~> systemctl is-system-running
running
user@machine :~>
Post:
zypper lr -d
This looks like a messed up system. The ncurses packages on TW have at least 6.6.20260418
See below:
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ systemctl is-system-running
degraded
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo zypper lr -d
Refreshing service 'NVIDIA'.
Refreshing service 'openSUSE'.
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Keep | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+---------------------------------+-------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+----------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------
1 | NVIDIA:repo-non-free | repo-non-free | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/tumbleweed | NVIDIA
2 | brave | brave | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 95 | rpm-md | https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64 |
3 | download.nvidia.com-tumbleweed | nVidia Graphics Drivers | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 90 | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/tumbleweed |
4 | electronics | electronics | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/electronics/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
5 | ftp.gwdg.de-openSUSE_Tumbleweed | Packman Repository | No | ---- | ---- | - | 90 | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
6 | games | games | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
7 | graphics | graphics | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
8 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss | repo-non-oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss | openSUSE
9 | openSUSE:repo-openh264 | repo-openh264 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Tumbleweed | openSUSE
10 | openSUSE:repo-oss | repo-oss | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss | openSUSE
11 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug | repo-oss-debug | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss | openSUSE
12 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source | repo-oss-source | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss | openSUSE
13 | openSUSE:update-tumbleweed | update-tumbleweed | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed | openSUSE
14 | packman-essentials-repo | Packman Essentials | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 81 | rpm-md | https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Essentials |
15 | science | science | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ |
16 | vivaldi | vivaldi | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 95 | rpm-md | https://repo.vivaldi.com/archive/rpm/x86_64 |
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
myrlyn says libncurses is version 6.6 installed. Nothing is installed related to ncurses with v 5.7
You can run this to see what sub-system(s) had problems (it’s why “degraded” was a result) :
user@machine :~> systemctl --failed
@tckosvic install libncurses5
purevpn is my vpn service for a long time. I have no knowledge of rlmsrvssq
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
● pured.service loaded failed failed purevpn-deamon
● rlmsrvssq.service loaded failed failed SSQ RLM Service
Legend: LOAD → Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE → The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB → The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
2 loaded units listed.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
Repos 15 and Repo 6 are the same, see the URL.
Repo 1 and Repo 3 are the same.
You can delete one of them…
libncurses5 was not installed. After install there was no change. Note: szi is alias for sudo zypper install.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ szi libncurses5
Refreshing service 'NVIDIA'.
Refreshing service 'openSUSE'.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'libncurses5' is already installed.
No update candidate for 'libncurses5-6.6.20260418-103.1.x86_64'. The highest available version is already installed.
Resolving package dependencies...
Nothing to do.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ systemctl --user status pulseaudio
less: symbol lookup error: less: undefined symbol: _nc_cur_term, version NCURSES6_TINFO_5.7.20081102
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
Can you also show
rpm -qi less
I found cause. I have “anaconda” python installed. Anaconda uses ncurses is in the path ahead of system. systemctl was using ncurses from anaconda; not system ncurses.
I deactivated anaconda and it worked as below w/o errors. That was a bazaar one.
Example is below.
tom@mydesktop: ~ $ systemctl --user status pulseaudio
○ pulseaudio.service
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit pulseaudio.service is masked.)
Active: inactive (dead)
TriggeredBy: ○ pulseaudio.socket
tom@mydesktop: ~ $
I started a search for ncurses and specifically v5.7 using locate. The search pointed to anaconda directories. That led to test of deactivating anaconda.
tom kosvic