"Lockfile doesn't exist" error on new install #10126
Description
What happened?
We've done a new install using Arch Linux with XFCE, with attempts on using all three packages (syncthing, syncthing-gtk, syncthingtray). Every one would fail, with one of them giving us a cryptic "system exited too fast" error. (in
In log output, Page 1)
We were going on about this for hours, later figuring out with syncthing alone, that it had something to do with the systemd service. (In log output, Page 2)
Creating a blank lockfile that the systemd service is complaining about fixes the issue.
We have not tested if a brand new install can replicate this.
Syncthing version
1.29.6-2
Platform & operating system
Linux x86/64
Browser version
No response
Relevant log output
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[cinnamon@green-machine ~]$ sudo systemctl status syncthing@cinnamon.service
× syncthing@cinnamon.service - Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for cinnamon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/syncthing@.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2025-05-24 20:49:45 EDT; 3s ago
Duration: 47ms
Invocation: d5d60cae045440769f6a8602b1397bb4
Docs: man:syncthing(1)
Process: 46303 ExecStart=/usr/bin/syncthing serve --no-browser --no-restart --logflags=0 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 46303 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
May 24 20:49:45 green-machine systemd[1]: syncthing@cinnamon.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
May 24 20:49:45 green-machine systemd[1]: syncthing@cinnamon.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 24 20:49:45 green-machine systemd[1]: syncthing@cinnamon.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 24 20:49:45 green-machine systemd[1]: Failed to start Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization for cinnamon.
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[cinnamon@green-machine ~]$ syncthing
[start] 2025/05/24 21:35:46 INFO: syncthing v1.29.6 "Gold Grasshopper" (go1.24.3 linux-amd64) syncthing@archlinux 2025-05-15 09:30:00 UTC [noupgrade]
[start] 2025/05/24 21:35:46 WARNING: Failed to acquire lock: open /home/cinnamon/.local/state/syncthing/syncthing.lock: no such file or directory
[monitor] 2025/05/24 21:35:46 INFO: Syncthing exited: exit status 1
[start] 2025/05/24 21:35:47 INFO: syncthing v1.29.6 "Gold Grasshopper" (go1.24.3 linux-amd64) syncthing@archlinux 2025-05-15 09:30:00 UTC [noupgrade]
[start] 2025/05/24 21:35:47 WARNING: Failed to acquire lock: open /home/cinnamon/.local/state/syncthing/syncthing.lock: no such file or directory
[monitor] 2025/05/24 21:35:47 INFO: Syncthing exited: exit status 1
[start] 2025/05/24 21:35:48 INFO: syncthing v1.29.6 "Gold Grasshopper" (go1.24.3 linux-amd64) syncthing@archlinux 2025-05-15 09:30:00 UTC [noupgrade]
[start] 2025/05/24 21:35:48 WARNING: Failed to acquire lock: open /home/cinnamon/.local/state/syncthing/syncthing.lock: no such file or directory
[monitor] 2025/05/24 21:35:48 INFO: Syncthing exited: exit status 1
[start] 2025/05/24 21:35:49 INFO: syncthing v1.29.6 "Gold Grasshopper" (go1.24.3 linux-amd64) syncthing@archlinux 2025-05-15 09:30:00 UTC [noupgrade]
[start] 2025/05/24 21:35:49 WARNING: Failed to acquire lock: open /home/cinnamon/.local/state/syncthing/syncthing.lock: no such file or directory
[monitor] 2025/05/24 21:35:49 INFO: Syncthing exited: exit status 1
[monitor] 2025/05/24 21:35:50 WARNING: 4 restarts in 4.063240369s; not retrying further
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