Okay, figured out what the issue is. The "cat /proc/self/cgroup" needs to be run from the terminal application on the device, not a terminal on a host device. The terminal app on the device is in a cgroup, as it's launched by UAL, but the adb shell is not as it's handle by a system service.
** Changed in: ubuntu-app-launch Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Unity API bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Application Launcher. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1378642 Title: terminal doesn't appear on the freezer cgroup Status in Ubuntu Application Launcher: Invalid Bug description: Found while testing silo #28 on krillin 14.09 proposed #89. This is what I get when the terminal is running: phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ cat /proc/self/cgroup4:name=systemd:/user.slice/user-32011.slice/session-2.scope 3:freezer:/user.slice/user-32011.slice/session-2.scope 2:cpuacct:/user.slice/user-32011.slice/session-2.scope 1:cpu:/user.slice/user-32011.slice/session-2.scope Steps to reproduce from the test plan: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Process/Merges/TestPlan/ubuntu-app-launch Launch the Terminal app A new application should open with a terminal prompt where you can type commands Ensure the Terminal is in a terminal specific cgroup Type the command cat /proc/self/cgroup Under the "freeze" cgroup the end of the path should include the AppID of the terminal. An example would be (the version many change): 4:freezer:/user.slice/user-32011.slice/session-c2.scope/upstart /application-click-com.ubuntu.terminal_terminal_0.5.106 phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ apt-cache policy ubuntu-app-launch ubuntu-app-launch: Instalados: 0.4+14.10.20141006-0ubuntu1 Candidato: 0.4+14.10.20141006-0ubuntu1 Tabla de versión: *** 0.4+14.10.20141006-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/landing-028/ubuntu-rtm/ 14.09/main armhf Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-app-launch/+bug/1378642/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs Post to : unity-api-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-api-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp