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Help! Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to conenct to socket/com/ubuntu/upstart
Hi there,
Dropbox seemed to have stopped working. So I went onto the terminal to restart it.
When I tried to restart it I got this message:
Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to conenct to so...
rosstcorbett wrote:...
Dropbox seemed to have stopped working. So I went onto the terminal to restart it.
When I tried to restart it I got ...
Hi rosstcorbett,
First, how exactly you try "restart" your Dropbox application? Dropbox work don't have be related in any way to used "root" service. Where you exactly receive the error message? Can you post the exact commands and results?
Next, is there some reason you use "upstart"???! It was deprecated almost 5 years ago (even still available for use)! Present day "systemd" is in use typically. What kind of Ubuntu version are you use - isn't it too old?!
I would advice you switch permanently to "systemd" or, even better, reinstall latest Ubuntu version (or least upgrade):
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
😏
Good luck.
rosstcorbett wrote:...
Dropbox seemed to have stopped working. So I went onto the terminal to restart it.
When I tried to restart it I got ...
Hi rosstcorbett,
First, how exactly you try "restart" your Dropbox application? Dropbox work don't have be related in any way to used "root" service. Where you exactly receive the error message? Can you post the exact commands and results?
Next, is there some reason you use "upstart"???! It was deprecated almost 5 years ago (even still available for use)! Present day "systemd" is in use typically. What kind of Ubuntu version are you use - isn't it too old?!
I would advice you switch permanently to "systemd" or, even better, reinstall latest Ubuntu version (or least upgrade):
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
😏
Good luck.
Thank you!
All good now :)
Ross
Hi Guys,
I hope everybody is having a great week!
I am having the same error message as above once again - using Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-171-generic x86_64)
The reason we are using Ubuntu is because it was setup that way by somebdy who has now left and I have no real experience.
I have tried using the fix above which worked last time however this does not work this time.
Can anbody please advise on what I can do to fix this? I will paste the code below:
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# dropbox status
Up to date
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# stop dropbox
stop: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# dropbox status
Up to date
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# start dropbox
start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [109 kB]
Get:3 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB]
Get:4 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB]
Get:5 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [1,199 kB]
Ign:6 https://download.serverpilot.io/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:7 https://download.heatshield.io/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:8 https://download.serverpilot.io/ubuntu xenial Release
Hit:9 https://download.heatshield.io/ubuntu xenial Release
Fetched 1,524 kB in 1s (1,390 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# stop dropbox
stop: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# start dropbox
start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Ign:5 https://download.heatshield.io/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:6 https://download.serverpilot.io/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:7 https://download.heatshield.io/ubuntu xenial Release
Hit:8 https://download.serverpilot.io/ubuntu xenial Release
Reading package lists... Done
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# dropbox status
Up to date
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# start dropbox
start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot#
Many thanks!
Ross
Hi rosstcorbett,
😁🙂 The first thing on command line have to be the command! 🤔 What is the command name for the Dropbox application? Next to the command all needed options or parameters, If any, should follow. Are there such things in your commands above and are they ordered correctly? 😉
Hope this helps.
Hi Здравко
Thank you for the reply :)
Our websites automation has stopped working, this is usually because dropbox stops working and I go into Terminal to restart it.
Usually works, but as you can see this is how I do it and where the error is now coming up.
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# dropbox status
Up to date
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot# start dropbox
start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
root@server-1:/srv/users/serverpilot#
I hope I'm making sense, as previously mentioned I know very little and about using Linux.
Many thanks.
Ross
