Similar situation as reported above. This time however dmesg shows that there is a ordering cycle on nfs-server.service (depends on nfs-mountd.service)
kuba@kubadesktop:~$ systemctl status nfs-kernel-server.service
● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
kuba@kubadesktop:~$ systemctl status nfs-mountd.service
● nfs-mountd.service - NFS Mount Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nfs-mountd.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Another output from dmesg related to nfs:
[ 3.366015] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found ordering cycle on nfs-server.service/start
[ 3.366018] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on nfs-mountd.service/start
[ 3.366021] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on network.target/start
[ 3.366023] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on NetworkManager.service/start
[ 3.366025] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on basic.target/start
[ 3.366027] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on sockets.target/start
[ 3.366029] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on cups.socket/start
[ 3.366031] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on sysinit.target/start
[ 3.366033] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on setkey.service/start
[ 3.366035] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on remote-fs.target/start
[ 3.366037] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on remote-fs-pre.target/start
[ 3.366038] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on nfs-server.service/start
[ 3.366040] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job nfs-mountd.service/start
[ 3.366043] systemd[1]: nfs-mountd.service: Job nfs-mountd.service/start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with nfs-server.service/start
Similar situation as reported above. This time however dmesg shows that there is a ordering cycle on nfs-server.service (depends on nfs-mountd.service)
kuba@kubadesktop:~$ systemctl status nfs-kernel- server. service system/ nfs-server. service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) system/ nfs-mountd. service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: inactive (dead)
kuba@kubadesktop:~$ systemctl status nfs-mountd.service
● nfs-mountd.service - NFS Mount Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/
Active: inactive (dead)
Another output from dmesg related to nfs: service/ start service/ start target/ start service/ start target/ start target/ start service/ start fs.target/ start fs-pre. target/ start service/ start service/ start service/ start deleted to break ordering cycle starting with nfs-server. service/ start
[ 3.366015] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found ordering cycle on nfs-server.
[ 3.366018] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on nfs-mountd.
[ 3.366021] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on network.
[ 3.366023] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on NetworkManager.
[ 3.366025] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on basic.target/start
[ 3.366027] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on sockets.
[ 3.366029] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on cups.socket/start
[ 3.366031] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on sysinit.
[ 3.366033] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on setkey.
[ 3.366035] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on remote-
[ 3.366037] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on remote-
[ 3.366038] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Found dependency on nfs-server.
[ 3.366040] systemd[1]: nfs-server.service: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job nfs-mountd.
[ 3.366043] systemd[1]: nfs-mountd.service: Job nfs-mountd.