On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 01:16:21 +0200 "Sam Przyswa (Perso)" <przyswa.sam@free.fr> wrote: > Hi all, > > I compiled a 3.18.55 kernel patched with vs2.3.7.5 on Debian, no errors > during compilation but when I install a guest I got this error message: > > vshelper.init: can not determine xid of vserver > '/etc/vservers/soleil-4'; returned value was '' > > This usually means that you're using an init-less init-style, but the > guest isn't configured to start any service. Try enabling a service, > changing the init-style, or making the contexts persistent. > > An error occured after executing the vserver startup sequence. This > means that some processes may exist in the created context and the > manual execution of > > /usr/sbin/vserver '/etc/vservers/soleil-4' stop > > is recommended to fix this. > 'vserver ... suexec' is supported for running vservers only; aborting... well, i'm running 3.18.62-vs2.3.7.5 with a jessie guest, so it's not the kernel. > Then the /proc directory become empty and the system tell me: > > Error, do this: mount -t proc proc /proc when I try a ps command !? > > There is my command too create a guest: > > vserver soleil-4 build -n soleil-4 --hostname soleil-4.arial-concept.com > --interface eth0:88.191.208.158/255.255.255.224 -m debootstrap -- -d jessie > > What's wrong ? do you have systemd installed in the guest (which is the default for jessie)? if so, then you need to either: * reinstall jessie without systemd. see [1]. * install sysv / uninstall systemd. see [2]. [1] http://list.linux-vserver.org/archive?mss:6948:201505:jhgepajnchgkbplaigli [2] http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_remove_systemd_from_a_Debian_jessie/sid_installation i have jessie installed in a guest and the initial installation included systemd and didn't work, but i don't remember what the error message was (ie compared to yours) nor do i remember how i accessed the guest to install sysv / uninstall systemd (eg chroot), but i did and it works. > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Sam Przyswa. corey -- undefined@pobox.com