I issued the same bug. Creating the file /etc/sysctl.d/90-override.conf with the input kernel.pid_max = 32768 solved the issue for me. Thanks for the advice!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1888001 Title: Focal minimal cloud image: failed to apply kernel variables Status in cloud-images: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Overview --- It appears the Focal minimal images have always shipped with a failing systemd unit: "systemd-sysctl.service" with the error "Couldn't write '4194304' to 'kernel/pid_max': Invalid argument" Expected results --- $ sudo systemctl list-units --failed --no-legend # Return no failed units Actual results --- $ sudo systemctl list-units --failed --no-legend systemd-sysctl.service loaded failed failed Apply Kernel Variables From the journal: Jul 20 12:18:53 ubuntu systemd[1]: systemd-sysctl.service: Main process exit ed, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jul 20 12:18:53 ubuntu systemd[1]: systemd-sysctl.service: Faile d with result 'exit-code'. Jul 20 12:18:53 ubuntu systemd[1]: Failed to start Apply Kernel Variables. Jul 20 12:18:53 ubuntu systemd-sysctl[135]: Couldn't write '4194304' to 'ker nel/pid_max': Invalid argument Steps to reproduce --- $ wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/server/minimal/releases/focal/release/ubuntu-20.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img $ multipass launch file:///$(pwd)/ubuntu-20.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img --name=focal-minimal $ multipass exec focal-minimal -- sudo systemctl list-units --failed --no-legend --- ProblemType: Bug AlsaDevices: Error: command ['ls', '-l', '/dev/snd/'] failed with exit code 2: ls: cannot access '/dev/snd/': No such file or directory AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'fuser' CRDA: N/A CasperMD5CheckResult: skip DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig' Lspci: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lspci' Lspci-vt: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lspci' Lsusb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lsusb' Lsusb-t: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lsusb' Lsusb-v: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'lsusb' MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) Package: linux (not installed) PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=C.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-1018-kvm root=PARTUUID=4a94aad5-09c7-46a5-aa33-f2f2e03254e7 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 5.4.0-1018.18-kvm 5.4.44 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-1018-kvm N/A linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-1018-kvm N/A linux-firmware N/A RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill' Tags: focal uec-images Uname: Linux 5.4.0-1018-kvm x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lxd netdev plugdev sudo video _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS dmi.bios.version: 1.10.2-1ubuntu1 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-bionic dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvr1.10.2-1ubuntu1:bd04/01/2014:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-bionic:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-bionic: dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-bionic dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1888001/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
