[lxc-users] No configuration path defined

[Geordie]

Good Day

I started out with this 
lxc-create -n lxctest -t debian /etc/lxc/lxc.conf

and this the return

lxc-create: no configuration path defined

Debian
kernel 3.12.1-amd64

lxc 0.9.0-alpha3-2+deb8ul done via apt-get

fresh install this week

I must have missed something but 2 months ago I did not have this error.

Any help would be appreciated

and the lxc-debian template still has Squeeze as its main Suite

I even tried this
lxc-create -n lxctest -t debian
I get the same error

Thanks
Geordie