[Lxc-users] error starting lxc containers

[Ramez Hanna]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>wrote:

> On Sat, 2013-01-19 at 23:33 +0200, Ramez Hanna wrote:
> > host: fedora 17
> > kernel: 3.6.11-5.fc17.x86_64
> > lxc: 0.9 alpha2
> > systemd: systemd-44-23.fc17.x86_64
> > selinux is disabled
>
> I have a Fedora 17 host (and several other hosts as well as Fedora 18
> for testing)...  The latest update to systemd broke lxc due to the
> pivot_root problem with their use of the MS_SHARED mount attribute that
> has been under active discussion for the last couple of weeks.  No, it
> is not functional under 0.9.0 alpha2.  It is, more or less, fixed under
> current staging (fixed with a lot of uglyness that we're trying to
> address).
>
> Your errors reported below don't seem to exactly correspond to the
> errors I would expect but, I would expect that, if you had recently
> upgraded that Fedora 17 host to the latest systemd, you are going to
> fail, period.  Most likely, I would expect you to fail with a
> "pivot_root" failure but anything is possible.  It's broken and we know
> it.
>
> > lxc-start -n build02
> > build02 is a wheezy container built with the debina template was working
> > fine both kernel and systemd were upgraded (can't tell which one broke
> it)
>
> Most likely, it's the systemd upgrade that caused the failure.  Fedora
> 17 with the latest systemd from fedora-upgrades has broken lxc and even
> 0.9.0 alpha2 does not fix it.  You have to use staging from git and
> build your own.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> > error is
> >
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.324 INFO     lxc_conf - cgroup has been setup
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.324 INFO     lxc_conf - console has been setup
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.325 ERROR    lxc_conf - Operation not
> permitted
> > - error creating /usr/lib64/lxc/rootfs/dev/tty1
> >
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.329 ERROR    lxc_conf - Operation not
> permitted
> > - error creating /usr/lib64/lxc/rootfs/dev/tty2
> >
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.330 ERROR    lxc_conf - Operation not
> permitted
> > - error creating /usr/lib64/lxc/rootfs/dev/tty3
> >
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.332 ERROR    lxc_conf - Operation not
> permitted
> > - error creating /usr/lib64/lxc/rootfs/dev/tty4
> >
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.334 INFO     lxc_conf - 4 tty(s) has been
> setup
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.334 DEBUG    lxc_conf - mountpoint for old
> > rootfs is '/usr/lib64/lxc/rootfs/lxc_putold'
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.334 ERROR    lxc_conf - Invalid argument -
> > pivot_root syscall failed
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.336 ERROR    lxc_conf - failed to setup pivot
> > root
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.337 ERROR    lxc_conf - failed to set rootfs
> for
> > 'f17'
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.338 ERROR    lxc_start - failed to setup the
> > container
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.339 ERROR    lxc_sync - invalid sequence
> number
> > 1. expected 2
> >       lxc-start 1358593239.340 ERROR    lxc_start - failed to spawn 'f17'
> >
> > any pointers to where this comes from?
> >
> > --
> > BR
> > RH
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ouch that stings.
I'll be testing staging then

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BR
RH
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