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PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
In comp.sys.raspberry-pi,
D.M. Procida  wrote:
> My AFP server stopped working, so I decided to reboot it:
>
>   pi@raspberry-pi-server:~ $ sudo reboot
>   Failed to start reboot.target: Activation of
>   org.freedesktop.systemd1 timed out
>   Failed to open initctl FIFO: No such device or address
>   Failed to talk to init daemon.
>
> Any idea what's up?

That's a symptom of systemd dying. I've had that happen to me before,
and I've needed to resort to "magic sysrequests" to reboot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

There are ways for a root user to activate the magic sysrequests via
the filesystem, if you can't type them with a SysRq key, eg over a
network connection.

Elijah
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my dictionary says AFP: alpha fetoprotein

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