[Lxc-users] Ubuntu (maverick) container won't start (hangs at init)

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 12/29/2010 11:44 AM, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
> Hi!
>
> After setting up an ubuntu container (maverick, 10.10). I tried to
> start it --- but: it just hangs at init after doing
>
> lxc-start -n cnt
>
> I followed the instructions given at:
>
> http://lxc.teegra.net/
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LXC
> http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/lxc-configure-ubuntu-lucid-containers/
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lxc-containers/
>
> but without any success. The container still hangs at init when started.
>
> I've upgraded to lxc-tools 0.7.3: same problem. I've recreated the
> container from scratch using
>
> lxc-ubuntu -p /lxc
> debootstrap --variant=minbase --arch x86_64 maverick rootfs.ubuntu
>
> removed all scripts within /etc/init in the container, modified
> rc.sysinit as given, removed all unnecessary devices, added all
> necessary ones, created the config file, then created the container,
> started it and --- frustratingly it hangs running init.
>
> Any idea where to look next?
>    

After launching the container, what does show the "lxc-ps --lxc" command ?