zomis@hope:~$ sudo reboot
[sudo] password for zomis:
Failed to open /dev/initctl: No such device or address
Failed to talk to init daemon.
zomis@hope:~$ sudo systemctl --force reboot
Failed to execute operation: Connection timed out
It is possible to perform action directly, see discussion of --force --force in man:systemctl(1).
zomis@hope:~$ sudo systemctl --force --force reboot
Rebooting.