# System service failed

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/system-service-failed/12340>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [May 7, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/system-service-failed/12340 "2023-05-07T20:16:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![amadeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@amadeus](https://community.umbrel.com/u/amadeus)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/system-service-failed/12340/1 "2023-05-07T20:16:28Z")

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# Any suggestions before I reformat my SD and reinstall Umbrel?

# = Umbrel debug info =

## Umbrel version

0.5.3

## Flashed OS version

v0.4.1

## Raspberry Pi Model

Revision : d03114  
Serial : 100000000a42cf81  
Model : Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4

## Firmware

Aug 3 2021 18:14:56  
Copyright © 2012 Broadcom  
version 40787ee5905644f639a2a0f6e00ae12e517a2211 (clean) (release) (start)

## Temperature

temp=43.8’C

## Throttling

throttled=0x0

## Memory usage

```
          total used free shared buff/cache available

```

Mem: 7.8G 154M 6.8G 390M 864M 7.1G  
Swap: 4.1G 0B 4.1G

total: 2.0%  
system: 2%  
pi-hole: 0%  
mempool: 0%  
lightning: 0%  
electrs: 0%  
bitcoin: 0%

## Memory monitor logs

2019-02-14 10:30:48 Memory monitor running!  
18393 ? R 0:00 bash ./scripts/memory-monitor  
Memory monitor is already running  
2019-02-14 10:31:15 Memory monitor running!  
2019-02-14 10:31:28 Memory monitor running!  
2019-02-14 10:31:42 Memory monitor running!  
2019-02-14 10:31:56 Memory monitor running!  
2019-02-14 10:32:09 Memory monitor running!  
2019-02-14 10:32:23 Memory monitor running!  
2019-02-14 10:32:36 Memory monitor running!

## Filesystem information

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on  
/dev/root 30G 30G 0 100% /  
/dev/sda1 916G 608G 263G 70% /home/umbrel/umbrel

## Startup service logs

Feb 14 14:55:34 umbrel systemd[1]: Stopped Umbrel Startup Service.  
Feb 14 14:55:34 umbrel systemd[1]: Starting Umbrel Startup Service…  
Feb 14 14:55:34 umbrel umbrel startup[29751]: /home/umbrel/umbrel/scripts/…/scripts/umbrel-os/status-server/set-status: line 31: echo: write error: No space left on device  
Feb 14 14:55:34 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Feb 14 14:55:34 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.  
Feb 14 14:55:34 umbrel systemd[1]: Failed to start Umbrel Startup Service.  
Feb 14 14:55:44 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Service RestartSec=10s expired, scheduling restart.  
Feb 14 14:55:44 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1629.  
Feb 14 14:55:44 umbrel systemd[1]: Stopped Umbrel Startup Service.  
Feb 14 14:55:44 umbrel systemd[1]: Starting Umbrel Startup Service…  
Feb 14 14:55:44 umbrel umbrel startup[29818]: /home/umbrel/umbrel/scripts/…/scripts/umbrel-os/status-server/set-status: line 31: echo: write error: No space left on device  
Feb 14 14:55:44 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Feb 14 14:55:44 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.  
Feb 14 14:55:44 umbrel systemd[1]: Failed to start Umbrel Startup Service.  
Feb 14 14:55:54 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Service RestartSec=10s expired, scheduling restart.  
Feb 14 14:55:54 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1630.  
Feb 14 14:55:54 umbrel systemd[1]: Stopped Umbrel Startup Service.  
Feb 14 14:55:54 umbrel systemd[1]: Starting Umbrel Startup Service…  
Feb 14 14:55:54 umbrel umbrel startup[29885]: /home/umbrel/umbrel/scripts/…/scripts/umbrel-os/status-server/set-status: line 31: echo: write error: No space left on device  
Feb 14 14:55:54 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Feb 14 14:55:54 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.  
Feb 14 14:55:54 umbrel systemd[1]: Failed to start Umbrel Startup Service.  
Feb 14 14:56:05 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Service RestartSec=10s expired, scheduling restart.  
Feb 14 14:56:05 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1631.  
Feb 14 14:56:05 umbrel systemd[1]: Stopped Umbrel Startup Service.  
Feb 14 14:56:05 umbrel systemd[1]: Starting Umbrel Startup Service…  
Feb 14 14:56:05 umbrel umbrel startup[30450]: /home/umbrel/umbrel/scripts/…/scripts/umbrel-os/status-server/set-status: line 31: echo: write error: No space left on device  
Feb 14 14:56:05 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Feb 14 14:56:05 umbrel systemd[1]: umbrel-startup.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.  
Feb 14 14:56:05 umbrel systemd[1]: Failed to start Umbrel Startup Service.

## External storage service logs

– Logs begin at Thu 2019-02-14 12:01:50 UTC, end at Thu 2019-02-14 14:56:05 UTC. –  
– No entries –

## External storage SD card update service logs

– Logs begin at Thu 2019-02-14 12:01:50 UTC, end at Thu 2019-02-14 14:56:05 UTC. –  
– No entries –

## Karen logs

karen is running in /home/umbrel/umbrel/events  
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## Docker containers

NAMES STATUS

## Umbrel logs

Attaching to manager

## Tor Proxy logs

Attaching to tor\_proxy

## App logs

bitcoin

Attaching to

electrs

Attaching to

lightning

Attaching to

mempool

Attaching to

pi-hole

# Attaching to

# ==== Result ====

The debug script did not automatically detect any issues with your Umbrel.

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**Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/system-service-failed/12340/2 "2023-05-08T07:28:17Z")

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The Error: System service failed’s best solution is to flash MicroSD card to fix any corruption

I see flash hasn’t occured since v0.4.1 so we can flash with these steps under How to Install: [https://umbrel.com/#start](https://umbrel.com/#start)

This should fix the issue, and thanks for being a legacy user!

In cases where it is a new install and there is data like an existing partition or previous attempted installation on the drive can also cause the error - in some cases it can be a corrupted or failing storage drive and reformatting the storage drive would be a last resort. We can instead reflash the MicroSD in those circumstances for no data loss and power cycle the device.

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**Author:** ![amadeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@amadeus](https://community.umbrel.com/u/amadeus)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/system-service-failed/12340/3 "2023-05-09T00:08:52Z")

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Thanks! I re-flashed the SD card and can now login, but the node doesn’t seem to be peering. I’m also getting an error from pi-hole about DNS resolution. Any ideas? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![amadeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@amadeus](https://community.umbrel.com/u/amadeus)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/system-service-failed/12340/4 "2023-05-15T19:03:33Z")

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Bump
