Why is systemd trying to start NetworkManager?

Tom Horsley horsley1953 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 6 13:56:12 UTC 2011


I have disabled NetworkManager and enabled network, yet I still
find these messages in my logs from time to time:

Jun  6 05:31:21 zooty dbus-daemon: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for details.

At least it is failing to start it, but why is it even trying?

systemctl status NetworkManager.service
NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
	  Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service)
	  Active: inactive (dead)
	  CGroup: name=systemd:/system/NetworkManager.service

I also have no idea why it says "loaded", I wouldn't think a
disabled service would get loaded.


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