Subject: Re: [vserver] Issue with starting guests on Debian Etch host machine
From: Mike O'Connor <vserver@pineview.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:03:34 +0930

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
>
>   
Sorry Herbert I did not see you comment about upgrading, I initially
used a 0.30.213 which I had compiled my self as a debian package. This
had the same problem so I downgraded hoping that the standard etch
package would not have the problem.

Is there any way I can trace this problem down ?

Mike