colord.service fails

[Aqua1ung]

Someone should look into this one please:

dad@DadsGram~ $ systemctl status colord.service
× colord.service - Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/colord.service; static)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-02-02 11:24:54 EST; 1min 7s ago
    Process: 2998 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/colord (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 2998 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 14ms

I am guessing that this is not what should be happening. Or is it?

[bryteise]

I'm unable to replicate the failure on my system. Any chance of more detailed logs?

[Aqua1ung]

dad@DadsGram~ $ sudo systemctl status colord.service
Password: 
× colord.service - Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/colord.service; static)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2025-02-06 18:39:18 EST; 37mi>
    Process: 123277 ExecStart=/usr/libexec/colord (code=exited, status=1/FAILUR>
   Main PID: 123277 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 21ms

Feb 06 18:39:18 DadsGram systemd[1]: Starting colord.service...
Feb 06 18:39:18 DadsGram colord[123277]: CdMain: failed to load mapping databas>
Feb 06 18:39:18 DadsGram systemd[1]: colord.service: Main process exited, code=>
Feb 06 18:39:18 DadsGram systemd[1]: colord.service: Failed with result 'exit-c>
Feb 06 18:39:18 DadsGram systemd[1]: Failed to start colord.service.

See also this thread.

[MarcusPro7]

I'm unable to replicate the failure on my system. Any chance of more detailed logs?

Hi William,

Christian and I are experiencing the same issue. After several attempts, I managed to find a solution.

$ls -l /var/lib/colord/
$sudo rm -f /var/lib/colord/*.db
$sudo chown -R colord:colord /var/lib/colord
$sudo chmod 755 /var/lib/colord
$sudo -u colord /usr/libexec/colord --verbose
11:58:19        Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1)
11:58:19        CdMappingDb: trying to open database '/var/lib/colord/mapping.db'
11:58:19        CdMappingDb: creating table to repair: no such table: mappings
11:58:19        CdMappingDb: altering table to convert: no such table: mappings_v2
11:58:19        CdDeviceDb: trying to open database '/var/lib/colord/storage.db'
11:58:19        CdDeviceDb: creating table to repair: no such table: devices
11:58:19        CdProfileDb: trying to open database '/var/lib/colord/storage.db'
free(): invalid pointer
Aborted

after reboot

$ systemctl status colord.service
● colord.service - Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/colord.service; static)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2025-02-10 11:58:42 CET; 11s ago
   Main PID: 746 (colord)
      Tasks: 5 (limit: 8494)
     Memory: 7.6M (peak: 8.0M)
        CPU: 66ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/colord.service
             └─746 /usr/libexec/colord

Feb 10 11:58:42 PT-IT02 systemd[1]: Starting colord.service...
Feb 10 11:58:42 PT-IT02 systemd[1]: Started colord.service.

I started from a clean installation in order to replicate the problem.

Installed version: 42950
6.13.1-1540.native

[bryteise]

Looks like it got into a bad state for some reason. clearing out the state and restarting sounds reasonable and looks like it worked.

[Aqua1ung]

Looks like it got into a bad state for some reason. clearing out the state and restarting sounds reasonable and looks like it worked.

I am guessing that doing Marcus' fix won't interfere with whatever you guys decide to go with in order to fix this in newer releases, right? Can I apply his fix without having to worry that it might screw up colord in upcoming releases? (My guess is yes, but I thought I'd ask just to be on the safe side.)

[bryteise]

Yea, go ahead. That's quite safe.