I already posted my issue on Failed to start transient scope unit: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with st
To summarize, I keep on getting this issue when I start up my computer. It prevents my audio from working, makes me logged out of many chrome websites, makes my terminal blocked, puts several apps in light theme (i use dark theme), and makes some apps freeze multiple times when starting.
I already tried rebooting my system many times. Below is everything I tried in the terminal.
jared@dell-xps:~$ journalctl -xe
Journal file /var/log/journal/0657ddc7b5654aaab90a63a397936967/user-1000@000630a570640271-02db117009f1d09e.journal~ is truncated, ignoring file.
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░░ A start job for unit dev-disk-by\x2duuid-3e1fb737\x2d95ed\x2d49c2\x2d9180\x2d80752a937101.d evice has finished with a >
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░░ The job identifier is 10075 and the job result is timeout.
Mar 18 22:50:41 dell-xps systemd[1]: Dependency failed for var-cache.mount - /var/cache.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit var-cache.mount has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailma.../systemd-devel](https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel)
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░░ A start job for unit var-cache.mount has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 10073 and the job result is dependency.
Mar 18 22:50:41 dell-xps systemd[1]: Dependency failed for colord.service - Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit colord.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailma.../systemd-devel](https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel)
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░░ A start job for unit colord.service has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 10070 and the job result is dependency.
Mar 18 22:50:41 dell-xps systemd[1]: colord.service: Job colord.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Mar 18 22:50:41 dell-xps systemd[1]: Dependency failed for fwupd.service - Firmware update daemon.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit fwupd.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: [https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailma.../systemd-devel](https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel)
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░░ A start job for unit fwupd.service has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 10707 and the job result is dependency.
Mar 18 22:50:41 dell-xps systemd[1]: fwupd.service: Job fwupd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Mar 18 22:50:41 dell-xps systemd[1]: var-cache.mount: Job var-cache.mount/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Mar 18 22:50:41 dell-xps systemd[1]: dev-disk-by\x2duuid-3e1fb737\x2d95ed\x2d49c2\x2d9180\x2d80752a937101.d evice: Job de>
Mar 18 22:51:03 dell-xps /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[2020]: dbus-daemon[2020]: [session uid=1000 pid=2020] Failed t>
Mar 18 22:51:45 dell-xps PackageKit[8362]: search-file transaction /2005_bbadccdd from uid 1000 finished with success af>
jared@dell-xps:~$ systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
● [user@1000.service](mailto:user@1000.service) loaded failed failed User Manager for UID 1000
● [user@42.service](mailto:user@42.service) loaded failed failed User Manager for UID 42
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.
jared@dell-xps:~$ systemctl status dbus
● dbus-broker.service - D-Bus System Message Bus
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dbus-broker.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf, 50-keep-warm.conf
Active: active (running) since Tue 2025-03-18 17:22:50 PDT; 5h 31min ago
Invocation: af9dce160b0b4ee383393616360236f6
TriggeredBy: ● dbus.socket
Docs: man:dbus-broker-launch(1)
Main PID: 934 (dbus-broker-lau)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 18725)
Memory: 8.8M (peak: 9.4M)
CPU: 936ms
CGroup: /system.slice/dbus-broker.service
├─934 /usr/bin/dbus-broker-launch --scope system --audit
└─935 dbus-broker --log 4 --controller 9 --machine-id 0657ddc7b5654aaab90a63a397936967 --max-by>
Mar 18 17:22:50 dell-xps systemd[1]: Starting dbus-broker.service - D-Bus System Message Bus...
Mar 18 17:22:50 dell-xps systemd[1]: Started dbus-broker.service - D-Bus System Message Bus.
Mar 18 17:22:50 dell-xps dbus-broker-launch[934]: Ready
jared@dell-xps:~$ sudo yum reinstall systemd
[sudo] password for jared:
Updating and loading repositories:
Copr repo for PyCharm owned by phracek 100% | 2.9 KiB/s | 2.1 KiB | 00m01s
github_git-lfs 100% | 4.3 KiB/s | 2.7 KiB | 00m01s
Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 93.4 KiB/s | 28.8 KiB | 00m00s
github_git-lfs-source 100% | 88.0 B/s | 2.7 KiB | 00m31s
>>> Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for https://d3fo0g5hm7lbuv.cloudfront.ne...dora/41/SRPMS/
google-chrome 100% | 25.0 KiB/s | 1.3 KiB | 00m00s
RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver 100% | 10.2 KiB/s | 5.6 KiB | 00m01s
RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Nonfree - Steam 100% | 23.2 KiB/s | 5.7 KiB | 00m00s
Visual Studio Code 100% | 14.3 KiB/s | 1.5 KiB | 00m00s
Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates 100% | 1.9 MiB/s | 2.6 MiB | 00m01s
google-chrome 100% | 33.2 KiB/s | 3.3 KiB | 00m00s
Visual Studio Code 100% | 527.0 KiB/s | 94.3 KiB | 00m00s
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Reinstalling:
systemd x86_64 256.12-1.fc41 updates 16.4 MiB
replacing systemd x86_64 256.12-1.fc41 updates 16.4 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Reinstalling: 1 package
Replacing: 1 package
Total size of inbound packages is 6 MiB. Need to download 6 MiB.
After this operation, 0 B extra will be used (install 16 MiB, remove 16 MiB).
Is this ok [y/N]: y
[1/1] systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 100% | 3.3 MiB/s | 5.5 MiB | 00m02s
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[1/1] Total 100% | 2.5 MiB/s | 5.5 MiB | 00m02s
Running transaction
[1/4] Verify package files 100% | 27.0 B/s | 1.0 B | 00m00s
[2/4] Prepare transaction 100% | 4.0 B/s | 2.0 B | 00m00s
[3/4] Reinstalling systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 100% | 30.1 MiB/s | 16.5 MiB | 00m01s
[4/4] Removing systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 100% [==================] | 0.0 B/s | 989.0 B | 00m00s
>>> Running post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Finished post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Reexecute daemon failed: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>> Reexecute daemon failed: Transport endpoint is not connected
[4/4] Removing systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64 100% | 4.0 B/s | 989.0 B | 03m54s
>>> Running post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Finished post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Reexecute daemon failed: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>> Reexecute daemon failed: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>>
>>> Running trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Finished trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Reload daemon failed: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>> Reload daemon failed: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>>
>>> Running trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Finished trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Failed to start bus client: No such file or directory
>>> Failed to start bus client: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> Running trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Finished trigger-post-uninstall scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Failed to start jobs: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>> Failed to start jobs: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>>
>>> Running trigger-install scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Finished trigger-install scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Failed to start bus client: No such file or directory
>>> Failed to start bus client: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> Running trigger-install scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Finished trigger-install scriptlet: systemd-0:256.12-1.fc41.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Reload daemon failed: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>> Reload daemon failed: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>> Failed to start bus client: No such file or directory
>>> Failed to start bus client: No such file or directory
>>> Failed to start jobs: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>> Failed to start jobs: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>>
Complete!
jared@dell-xps:~$
I fixed it temporarily when I switched to an older kernel which didn’t have issues, and deleted the bad kernel so it wouldn’t load by default when I started my computer. This solved everything, and I was able to upgraded to the newest version without any issues.
sudo systemctl reboot
sudo dnf remove kernel-6.13.6*
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
Unfortunately, randomly when I restarted my computer (not the first restart since I fixed it), the issue reappeared. Below is my current system info (the issue still remains). I was only able to get these details by using the VSCode terminal.
I would really appreciate any way you can help!