Hi Herbert Yes it does apps8:/# ls -lah /var/run/vservers total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Jul 27 01:21 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 460 Jul 27 01:08 .. apps8:/# Cheers Mike Herbert Poetzl wrote: > On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:47:45AM +0930, Mike O'Connor wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> I have a problem where I'm unable to start guests on a Debian Etch host >> machine. (any host Redhat or Debian) >> >> Example: >> apps8:/etc/vservers# vserver refimage_debian_etch start >> save_ctxinfo: open("/var/run/vservers/refimage_debian_etch"): No such >> file or directory >> > > does /var/run/vservers/ exist? > > >> An error occured while executing the vserver startup sequence; when >> there are no other messages, it is very likely that the init-script >> (/etc/init.d/rc 3) failed. >> >> Common causes are: >> * /etc/rc.d/rc on Fedora Core 1 and RH9 fails always; the 'apt-rpm' build >> method knows how to deal with this, but on existing installations, >> appending 'true' to this file will help. >> >> >> Failed to start vserver 'refimage_debian_etch' >> >> apps8:/etc/vservers# vserver refimage_debian_etch stop >> vserver 'refimage_debian_etch' is not running >> --- >> This just hangs but a ctrl-c works >> >> >> System details: >> apps8:/etc/vservers# vserver-info >> Versions: >> Kernel: 2.6.20.15-HiMem-vs2.2.0 >> VS-API: 0x00020200 >> util-vserver: 0.30.212; Dec 9 2006, 12:26:51 >> > > won't hurt to update tools to 0.30.213 > > HTH, > Herbert > > >> Features: >> CC: gcc, gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) >> (Debian 4.1.1-20) >> CXX: g++, g++ (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) >> (Debian 4.1.1-20) >> CPPFLAGS: '' >> CFLAGS: '-Wall -g -O2 -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -W >> -funit-at-a-time' >> CXXFLAGS: '-g -O2 -ansi -Wall -pedantic -W >> -fmessage-length=0 -funit-at-a-time' >> build/host: i486-pc-linux-gnu/i486-pc-linux-gnu >> Use dietlibc: yes >> Build C++ programs: yes >> Build C99 programs: yes >> Available APIs: compat,v11,fscompat,v13,net,v21,oldproc,olduts >> ext2fs Source: e2fsprogs >> syscall(2) invocation: alternative >> vserver(2) syscall#: 273/glibc >> >> Paths: >> prefix: /usr >> sysconf-Directory: /etc >> cfg-Directory: /etc/vservers >> initrd-Directory: $(sysconfdir)/init.d >> pkgstate-Directory: /var/run/vservers >> vserver-Rootdir: /var/lib/vservers >> >> >> Assumed 'SYSINFO' as no other option given; try '--help' for more >> information. >> --- >> >> Any ideas ? >>