[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSmasq will not start, failed (Result: protocol)

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 05.11.24 16:13, Paul Kelly wrote:
>$ systemctl start dnsmasq
>Failed to start dnsmasq.service: Connection timed out
>See system logs and 'systemctl status dnsmasq.service' for details.
>
>
>
>$ systemctl status dnsmasq.service
>× dnsmasq.service - dnsmasq - A lightweight DHCP and caching DNS server
>     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service; enabled; preset:
>enabled)
>     Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Tue 2024-11-05 15:24:46 PST;
>44min ago

this "protocol" seems to be error message produced by dnsmasq.

>    Process: 29169 ExecStartPre=/etc/init.d/dnsmasq checkconfig
>(code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>    Process: 29172 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/dnsmasq systemd-exec (code=exited,
>status=0/SUCCESS)
>    Process: 29175 ExecStartPost=/etc/init.d/dnsmasq
>systemd-start-resolvconf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>    Process: 29178 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/dnsmasq systemd-stop-resolvconf
>(code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>        CPU: 69ms
>
>3 days and numerous searches found 1 hit and it did not offer a solution,
>I"m stumped.
>
>Thanks in advance.

I'd try to start dnsmasq manually to see the output it produces. 
Apparently systemd does not record any message besides the "protocol"

check systemd unit file to see which arguments it has when run from systemd.

Here on Debian it runs "ExecStart=/etc/init.d/dnsmasq systemd-exec"

so I'd try manually running that one if I see any messages



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