Public bug reported: On a freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04.1 VM, while starting a container created using
sudo lxc-create -t ubuntu -n testlxc the following messages are shown: lxc-start: testlxc: cgroups/cgfsng.c: mkdir_eexist_on_last: 1143 File exists - Failed to create directory "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset//lxc.monitor.testlxc" lxc-start: testlxc: conf.c: lxc_setup_boot_id: 3249 Permission denied - Failed to mount /dev/.lxc-boot-id to /proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id The container starts correctly but it would be nice find out why those errors are being issued. lxc-checkconfig output follows: Kernel configuration not found at /proc/config.gz; searching... Kernel configuration found at /boot/config-5.4.0-42-generic --- Namespaces --- Namespaces: enabled Utsname namespace: enabled Ipc namespace: enabled Pid namespace: enabled User namespace: enabled Network namespace: enabled --- Control groups --- Cgroups: enabled Cgroup v1 mount points: /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset /sys/fs/cgroup/memory /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event /sys/fs/cgroup/pids /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer /sys/fs/cgroup/devices /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma Cgroup v2 mount points: /sys/fs/cgroup/unified Cgroup v1 clone_children flag: enabled Cgroup device: enabled Cgroup sched: enabled Cgroup cpu account: enabled Cgroup memory controller: enabled Cgroup cpuset: enabled --- Misc --- Veth pair device: enabled, loaded Macvlan: enabled, not loaded Vlan: enabled, not loaded Bridges: enabled, loaded Advanced netfilter: enabled, not loaded CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4: missing CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV6: missing CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE: enabled, not loaded CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE: enabled, not loaded CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CHECKSUM: enabled, loaded CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT: enabled, not loaded FUSE (for use with lxcfs): enabled, not loaded --- Checkpoint/Restore --- checkpoint restore: enabled CONFIG_FHANDLE: enabled CONFIG_EVENTFD: enabled CONFIG_EPOLL: enabled CONFIG_UNIX_DIAG: enabled CONFIG_INET_DIAG: enabled CONFIG_PACKET_DIAG: enabled CONFIG_NETLINK_DIAG: enabled File capabilities: Note : Before booting a new kernel, you can check its configuration usage : CONFIG=/path/to/config /usr/bin/lxc-checkconfig ** Affects: lxc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "lxc-start log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891903/+attachment/5402170/+files/lxc.log ** Summary changed: - "File esists" error while starting container + "File exists" error while starting container -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891903 Title: "File exists" error while starting container To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1891903/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs