[Lxc-users] LXC: missing /dev/pts/nn

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 06/06/2011 06:14 PM, Gus Power wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a box with 15 lxc containers running happily. However I tried
> to setup another container today and met with some resistance:
>
>        lxc-start 1307376067.433 WARN     lxc_cgroup - using deprecated
> ns_cgroup
>        lxc-start 1307376067.567 WARN     lxc_conf - rootfs specified but
> no console found at '/usr/lib/lxc/rootfs/dev/console'

Did you checked this error ?   ^^^^^^^^^^^^

>        lxc-start 1307376067.568 WARN     lxc_conf - failed to mount
> '/dev/pts/26'->'/usr/lib/lxc/rootfs/dev/tty1'
>        lxc-start 1307376067.572 ERROR    lxc_conf - No such file or
> directory - failed to mount a new instance of '/dev/pts'
>        lxc-start 1307376067.572 ERROR    lxc_conf - failed to setup the
> new pts instance
>        lxc-start 1307376067.572 ERROR    lxc_start - failed to setup the
> container
>        lxc-start 1307376067.572 ERROR    lxc_sync - invalid sequence
> number 1. expected 2
>
>
>> lxc-version
> lxc version: 0.7.4.1
>
>> uname -a
> Linux hn2 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 #4 SMP Wed Jun 1 09:55:02 BST 2011 x86_64
> Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8354 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
> Looking in /dev/pts I see that for some reason 26 is indeed missing:
>> ls -alh /dev/pts/
> ...
>
> crw-------  1 root    root 136,  2 Jun  2 14:53 2
> crw-------  1 root    root 136, 20 Jun  3 13:11 20
> crw-------  1 root    tty  136, 21 Jun  3 13:11 21
> crw-------  1 root    root 136, 22 Jun  3 13:13 22
> crw-------  1 root    tty  136, 23 Jun  3 13:13 23
> crw-------  1 root    root 136, 24 Jun  3 14:31 24
> crw-------  1 root    tty  136, 25 Jun  3 14:31 25
> crw-------  1 root    root 136, 28 Jun  3 15:09 28
> crw-------  1 root    tty  136, 29 Jun  3 15:09 29
> crw-------  1 root    tty  136,  3 Jun  2 14:45 3
>
> ...
>
> I'm loathed to just try and make another device node and hope for the
> best. Can anyone shed some light on what may or may not be happening here?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gus.
>
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